Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
Noble person
1791 – 1847
Who was Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma?
Marie Louise was an Austrian archduchess who reigned as Duchess of Parma from 1814 until her death. She was Napoleon's second wife and, as such, Empress of the French from 1810 to 1814.
As the eldest child of the Habsburg Emperor Francis II of Austria and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Marie Louise grew up during a period of continuous conflict between Austria and revolutionary France. A series of military defeats at the hands of Napoleon Bonaparte had inflicted a heavy human toll on Austria and led Francis to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire. The end of the War of the Fifth Coalition resulted in the marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise in 1810, which ushered in a brief period of peace and friendship between Austria and the French Empire. Marie Louise dutifully agreed to the marriage despite being raised to despise France. She was an obedient wife and was adored by Napoleon, who had been eager to marry a member of one of Europe's leading royal houses to cement his relatively young Empire. With Napoleon, she bore a son, styled the King of Rome at birth, later Duke of Reichstaedt, who briefly succeeded him as Napoleon II.
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- Born
- Dec 12, 1791
Hofburg Palace - Also known as
- Marie Louise of Austria
- Parents
- Spouses
- Napoleon Bonaparte
(1810/03/11 - 1821/05/05) - Adam Albert von Neipperg
(1821/09 - )
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Austria
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Dec 17, 1847
Parma - Resting place
- Imperial Crypt
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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