Paweł Działyński

{{Short description|Polish courtier and official (1560–1609)}}

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Paweł Działyński ({{langx|la|Paulus Dzialinski}}; born 1560 – died 1609) of Ogończyk coat of arms, son of Paweł and Krystyna Kostczanka, was a Polish courtier, royal secretary, ambassador and starost (governor) of Bobrowniki{{Cite journal |last1=Dunin |first1=Rodryg |last2=Firlej |first2=Henryk |date=1948 |title=Polski Słownik Biograficzny |journal=Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences |location=Kraków |volume=6 |pages=95–6}} and Radzyń{{Cite web |title=Bust of Paweł Działyński |url=https://kolekcja.zamek-krolewski.pl/en/obiekt-13244-bust-pawel-dzialynski |access-date=Feb 21, 2025 |website=Royal Castle in Warsaw - Museum}}. He may have been related to Vice Chancellor Piotr Tylicki.[https://pau.krakow.pl/Elementa/tomy/ Elementa ad Fontium Editiones], volume 4, N 149, George Carew to Jan Zamoyski, "Not to mention other things, I hear that Lord Paulus Zialinus is related to him."

In 1597 he was sent by Sigismund III Vasa of Poland-Lithuania to Holland and England, both at war with Spain, to protest the seizing of ships transporting goods between Poland and Spain. His style was provocative in both countries, including at a meeting with Queen Elizabeth where she rebuked him in Latin{{Cite journal |last=Green |first=Janet |date=2000 |title=Queen Elizabeth I's Latin Reply to the Polish Ambassador |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2671184 |journal=The Sixteenth Century Journal |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=987–1008 |doi=10.2307/2671184 |jstor=2671184}} for his disrespect and what she considered his misunderstanding of the laws of war.{{Cite book |last=Davies |first=Norman |url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryofpoland0001davi/page/n7/mode/2up |title=A History of Poland, God's playground |publisher=New York: Columbia University Press |year=1981 |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=392 |language=English}} As a result of Działyński's appearance in England, George Carew was sent to Poland to resolve the shipping issue, which resulted in some compromises by both sides.{{Cite journal |last=Bałuk-Ulewiczowa |first=Teresa |date=2017 |title=Audiatur et Altera Pars: The Polish Record of the Działyński Embassy of 1597 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-catholic-history/article/audiatur-et-altera-pars-the-polish-record-of-the-dzialynski-embassy-of-1597/5FECC911ADFABB1E823C902F47A79A5A |journal=British Catholic History |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=513–514, 529–533 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/bch.2017.23 }}

Działyński's reputation in Poland was not harmed by his embassy. It was subsequent to the visit that he was promoted to starost of Radzyń, and in 1781 a bronze bust was commissioned{{Cite book |last=Mańkowski |first=Tadeusz |url=https://polona2.pl/item/rzezby-portretowe-w-bronzie-na-zamku-krolewskim-w-warszawie,MTU0MTg2OTc0/8/#info:metadata |title=Rzeźby portretowe w bronzie na Zamku Królewskim w Warszawie |date=1934 |location=Warsaw |pages=11 |trans-title=Bronze portrait sculptures at the Royal Castle in Warsaw}} by Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski of him and several other distinguished figures from Polish history; however some confusion at the time of creation makes it unclear whether he or Paweł Jan Działyński is represented.{{Cite journal |last=Malinowski |first=M.M. |date=1989 |title=Popiersie Pawła Działyńskiego w Sali Rycerskiej |journal=Kronika Zamkowa |volume=2 |pages=31}} The bust is in the Knights Hall at the Royal Castle, Warsaw, and is [https://kolekcja.zamek-krolewski.pl/en/obiekt-13244-bust-pawel-dzialynski viewable online].

An [https://ais.axiellcollections.cloud/HAAGSHM/Details/collect/4991 anonymous Dutch painting], owned by the Hague Historical Museum and currently displayed at the Polish Embassy,{{Cite web |last=Czepelak |first=Marcin |date=Feb 3, 2018 |title=From the Past to the Future – Poland on 100 Anniversary of Regaining its Independence |url=https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2018/02/03/past-future-poland-100-anniversary-regaining-independence/ |website=Diplomat Magazine |quote=There is a painting hanging on the wall in the reception lounge of the Polish Embassy in the Hague.}} De Plaats te Den Haag, gezien naar de Hofvijver (1597) shows a group of figures wearing Polish garments, presumably including Działyński, among other figures notable in the political and religious life of the city at the time.