Although María de las Mercedes was a legendary beauty, plain María Christina of Austria stood up to bacterial disease and produced heirs to the Spanish throne, something depicted by portraitists on various occasions. Her Wikipedia article is here.
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1556 Catherine de Medici possibly by Agnolo Bronzino
1902 Infanta Eulalia from the back holding fan
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