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Maria Antonia of Austria: The Habsburgs Married Themselves
Every dynasty in Europe practised strategic marriage. The Habsburgs practised it on themselves. Maria Antonia of Austria was the result.
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Margaret Theresa of Spain: Painted by Velázquez for the Uncle She Would Marry
Diego Velázquez painted her at three years old. Then at five. Then at eight. Then at nine. Her father sent every portrait north to Vienna so that the man she was going to marry could watch her grow up. That man was her uncle.