Anastasia Markovych
Anastasiya Dabizha (died 1729), was a Ukrainian Hetmana by marriage to Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (r. 1708-1722). She acted as the trusted political adviser of her spouse and wielded great influence within the affairs of state, particularly in connection with the foreign policy toward Russia, which was well known and became the subject of a Ukrainian saying.
References
- Мордовцев Д. Л. Женщины первой половины XVIII века // Собрание сочинений. — Т.36. — Спб. 1902. — с. 16, 17, 19.
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