Maria Christina was one of Marie-Antoinette's older sisters. (She had ten sisters and five brothers.) They called Maria Christina "Mimi" and she was their mother's favorite daughter. By the way, all of Marie-Antoinette's sisters were named for the Blessed Virgin. To tell them apart they were called by their second names, or by nicknames. No one was called "Maria" or "Marie." Marie-Antoinette was never called "Marie" by her family but "Antoine." Her husband and his family called her "Antoinette," since all the women in the French royal family were also "Marie." Share
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Exactly, Elena! I am always irritated when people take the liberty of calling Marie-Antoinette "Marie." She considered St. Anthony her patron saint, did she not?
In my family too all women are called Marie, though most of us go by different names.
Yes, Catherine, me, too. All the girls were "Marie," and in the French Royal family, all the boys were "Louis," but they were called by their titles or last names, such as "Berry" "Provence" and "Artois."
Yes, St. Anthony was her patron and didn't he have his work cut out for him....
Stunning portrait.
Yes and that gown is something else.
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