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MercurysBall2 ago

Godmother of baptism is SAIR Princess Sophie of Habsburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Habsburg

Sophie Franziska Maria Germaine Habsburg also known as Archduchess Sophie of Austria[1][2][3][4][5] (born on 19 January 1959) is a French-born Italian designer and former model.

Sophie Habsburg was born in Paris on 19 January 1959, the daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Max of Austria and Countess Helene of Törring-Jettenbach. She descends from the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, which reigned over Austria-Hungary until its deposition in 1918. While studying interior design in her hometown, she worked as a model.

At the age of 20, Habsburg moved to Madrid and had a successful career in modelling. She appeared in De Beers and Valentino commercials, as well as on the cover of the first issue of Vogue Spain. At the same time she also designed jewellery and worked as decorator, radio host and journalist, interviewing royals and actors. She became friends with Richard Gere after an interview and raised funds with him for the charity SOS Children's Villages

In 2010, Habsburg started designing handbags. Her bags are often worn by members of the Spanish and British royal families

On 11 February 1990 in Salzburg, Sophie Habsburg married the German-Italian Prince Mariano Hugo of Windisch-Graetz on 11 February 1990 in Salzburg.

Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Hugo,_Prince_of_Windisch-Graetz

Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (German: Mariano Hugo Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz, Italian: Mariano Ugo, Principe di Windisch-Graetz; born 27 July 1955) is the current head of the Austrian[1] or Italian[2] House of Windisch-Graetz. A former ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) to the Slovak Republic, he is currently SMOM's ambassador to Slovenia

On 19 December 1987, Pope John Paul II appointed Windisch-Graetz a Gentleman of His Holiness,[8] a role which entails meeting visiting heads of state and ambassadors and escorting them to meet the pope.[9] He is also a Knight of Honour and Devotion in Obedience of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta