Kruszyna is one of the oldest villages of the region. It was first mentioned in 1337, as the seat of a Roman Catholic parish, with its own church. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the village belonged to the noble
Koniecpolski family. In the early 17th century, it was property of Aleksandra Koniecpolska and her husband
Kasper Doenhoff, a courtier of King
Zygmunt III Waza, and
Voivode of
Dorpat Voivodeship. After annexation of northern
Livonia by the
Swedish Empire (1620s), Doenhoff left his native province and settled in Kruszyna. He was one of favourite courtiers of the king, who named him Voivode of
Sieradz Voivodeship and
Starosta of both
Wieluń and
Radomsko. In 1630, Kasper Doenhoff commissioned Italian architect Tomasz Poncino to build a
Renaissance palace, in which in 1633, the wedding of Denhoff's daughter took place. King
Władysław IV Vasa visited Kruszyna several times. Furthermore, in February 1670, wedding reception of King
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki and his wife
Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland took place at the Kruszyna Palace. Later on, the palace passed to the
Lubomirski family. After World War II, the palace for a while housed an orphanage. By 1980, it was abandoned and neglected, together with adjacent park. ==References==