in Opole, then king Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1787. Administrator and entrepreneur Zofia refurbished the buildings, especially the palaces on her estates, with the help of leading architects and designers. In the town of Przeworsk aside from the textile factory she set up a silk production making the famous ornate bands favoured by many Polish noblemen, Pas kontuszowy. She was known as a patron of the arts, especially of literary authors. After the death of her first husband, Jan, she founded a new hospital in Opole. With her second husband, Antoni, she founded a church and convent for the congregation of the Sisters of Charity in Przeworsk. She died a widow in Warsaw on 27 October 1790. References Bibliography Biography in the 1972 vol. XVII of the Polish Biographical Dictionary, PSB or online: www.https://ipsb.nina.gov.pl/a/biografia/zofia-lubomirska 1718 births 1790 deaths 18th-century Polish women Zofia Radom confederates 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian businesspeople Polish industrialists 18th-century women landowners Polish philanthropists Zofia Zofia 18th-century philanthropists 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian landowners 18th-century women politicians 18th-century Polish nobility