Oh Ewwwwww!

This came from the Dumbest Things Ever Said or Done calendar.

Strange Customs: Nineteenth century Italian Princess Christine Belgiojoso had her lover mummified after he died.  She kept the fond mummy in her kitchen cupboard.

So we’ll all agree this is weird, yeah?  I felt compelled to look her up based on this little snippet of information. 

She seems like a perfectly lovely lady.  It’s hard to tell someone predilections from a photo – or in this instance – a painting made in 1832.  According to Wikipedia, she was instrumental in Italy’s struggle for independence from Austria.  She was also a fairly well known writer and journalist.

And, apparently, she kept a mummy.  In the kitchen.  Next to the spices you think?