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Via ÖNB

Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken (14 February 1625 – 24 October 1687) was a countess palatine, a cousin and foster-sibling of Queen Christina of Sweden, and a sister of King Charles X of Sweden. She was also, after the accession of her brother Charles X on the throne (1654), a titular Royal Princess of Sweden.

Amethyst necklace, 1890.

If she hadn't died at 8, perhaphs she would have looked like this at age 10/11.

She was the daughter-in-law of Archduchess Gisela of Austria and first cousin to Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy.

Via MutualArt

They were the daughters of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, brother of Emperor Franz Joseph. Maria Annunziata was Abbess of the Theresia Convent in the Hradschin, Prague; and Elisabeth Amalie Princess of Liechtenstein through her marriage to Prince Alois of Liechtenstein.

Antonio Moro (Netherlandish, 1520-1586) Margarita de Parma, 1565 Museo del Prado Margaret of Parma was Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was a Duchess of Florence and a Duchess of Parma and Piacenza by her two marriages. Margaret was brought up in Mechelen, under the supervision of two powerful Spanish and Austrian Habsburg Imperial family relatives, her great-aunt, the Archduchess Margaret of Austria, and her aunt Mary of Austria, who were successive governors of the Netherlands from 1507 to 1530 and from 1530 to 1555, respectively. In 1555, the Farnese family were acknowledged as rulers of Parma by Spain in exchange for the custody of her son. That year, she left Italy for the Netherlands, where she left her son in the care of her half-brother Philip II. Philip appointed her Governor of the Netherlands when he left in 1559 for Spain. As governor, Margaret faced the rising storm of discontent against the Inquisition and Spanish despotism.

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Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria (Left) future Queen of the Two Sicilies, and her younger sister, Maria Carolina of Austria.

Source: royalwatcherblog.com

Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1743-1808). By Eusebius Johann Alphen.

Archduchess Maria Christine. Unknown artist.

Archduchess Maria Christine. Unknown artist.

Mary of Burgundy. Unknown artist.