Anna Jabłonowska

Princess Anna Paulina Jabłonowska née Sapieha (22 June 1728, Wołpa - 7 February 1800) was a Polish magnate and politician.

She belonged to the opposition of king Stanisław August Poniatowski and supported the Bar Confederation (1768-1772) at the courts of Vienna and Paris, where she travelled in 1769 to act as an informal diplomat, returning to Poland in 1771.

After the failure of the Bar Confederation, however, she acknowledged its defeat, reconciled with the king and retired from political life to concentrate on her domains.

She abolished Socage in favour of Quit-rent for the peasants and other tenants, built hospitals and founded textile and other factories.

Because of her concern for efficient management in her vast domains, she developed a system of procedures to clarify the duties of officials employed in Siemiatycze, Kock and Wysocko.

Anna z Sapiehów Jablonowska
Anna Jablonowska
Anna Jabłonowska statue in Siemiatycze – closeup