Posted by Claudia on May 26, 2012, 7:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Welcome :-)"
Christian maybe Marie was more simple, humble in the spiritual way, because both cousins belonged to one of the most richest families in Europe. Marie´s mother princess Francisca of Orléans-Joinville was the only heiress of her parents and she even had lands in Brasil, huge extensions from her mother´s dowry as a Brasilian princess.
I took this photo from a book on Gallica, you can see this lovely jewel that belonged to the duchess of Chartres, Marie´s mother. Who has it now?, what happened to it????