Zita had the misfortune of marying Karl, the last Emperor of the rickety Austro-Hungarian Empire that filled in much of Central Europe with its cacophonous assemblage of nationalities that are now among the EUs most recent members. Karl tried to get out of World War I separately, but was unable to so the Habsburgs joined the Hohenzollerns and Romanovs as former dynasties. Her Wikipedia article is here.
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
1900s fashion at a grand ball in Vienna
1894 Condesa de Santiago by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (private collection)
1912 Hon. Mrs Ernest Guinness, standing, full-length, wearing an emerald dress and feather by Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee (auctioned by Christie's)
1914 Zita and Karl
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