having travelled to neuburg, her mother's birthplace, she embarked on an affair with michał kazimierz "rybeńko" radziwiłł, a future great hetman of the grand duchy of lithuania. she had wanted to marry him but her father would not allow the couple to elope. a depressed charlotte wanted to leave the court and join a convent but charles vi, holy roman emperor (another first cousin), took it upon himself to find her a suitable husband.