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==Life==
She was the daughter of [[Ludwika Maria Poniatowska]] and [[Jan Jakub Zamoyski]]. Her parents separated shortly after her birth. In 1763, her maternal uncle, Stanisław August Poniatowski, was elected king of Poland. In 1773, she married Count Wincenty Potocki (d. 1825). Her marriage was discontinued by a divorce in 1777. According to the diary of the king, the fault was with her spouse. Her divorce was subject to a poem by [[Ignacy Potocki]]. [[Gregory Potemkin]] presented a marriage proposal, but the king did not support it. She married secondly to Michal Jerzy Mniszech in 1781.
===Hostess of the Royal Court===
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After the abdication on 25 November 1795, the confiscation of the Mniszch property and her palace in Deblin was lifted, which she could control herself after having visited her property on the summer of 1796. On the mission of Repnin, she was also given the task to persuade [[Józef Poniatowski]] to join them in exile in Russia. In February 1797, she followed her uncle, the deposed king, to St Petersburg. She participated in the coronation of Paul I, was given the honorary rank of Imperial Portrait Lady of the Russian court, and was celebrated by the Russian aristocracy.
After the death of her uncle the former king in 1798, Urszula Zamoyska returned to Poland and settled with her spouse in Wiśniowiec. After the death of her spouse in 1806, she lived in Vienna and Paris.
==Legacy==
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