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Elisabeth Habsburg (ca 1436-1505) is one of the longest-serving Polish female rulers in the orbit of the crown. For years living in the shadow of her spouse - the king, the Habsburgess did not reach out for power, remaining in an almost permanent state of bliss. When her offspring began to grow up, the queen mother and, after the death of Casimir Jagiellon, the queen dowager, willingly and with a great deal of commitment, she stood among those who were influential and had a lot of say in who should direct state policy, as well as how it should be conducted. In this article we will look at her relations with both her sons and daughters to point out the elements that she independently, and often effectively, tried to decide on, and thus attempt to show her influence on the management of the Polish and Lithuanian states in the second half of the 15th century.