Her mother allowed her to marry for love while every one of her sisters had to marry to advance the Habsburg cause or not marry at all. Her Wikipedia article is here.
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1556 Catherine de Medici possibly by Agnolo Bronzino
Maria Francisca Pignatelli and Gonzaga, Duchess of Medinaceli by Anton Raphael Mengs (location unknown to gogm)
ca. 1765 Marie Christine of Austria self portrait (location unknown to gogm)
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