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 | | She has long been rumored to have been bisexual, and had a very close relationship with Princess Pauline de Metternich, wife of the Austrian ambassador in Paris who played an important role in the social and cultural life of the imperial court. |
| | Her deposed family's friendly association with England was commemorated in 1887 when she became the godmother of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), daughter of princess Beatrice, who later became Queen consort of Alfonso XIII of Spain, although it is never explained how the passionately Catholic Eugénie ever became the godmother of an Anglican princess. |
| | A century later, the second daughter of the present Duke of York, born in 1990, was named Princess Eugenie. |
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