Marie Louise (12 December 1791 - 17 December 1847) was an Austrian archduchess who reigned as Duchess of Parma from 11 April 1814 until her death. She was Napoleon 's second wife and as such Empress of the French and Queen of Italy from their marriage on 1 April 1810 until his abdication on 6 April 1814. Marie-Louise, a member of the house of Habsburg, was the eldest daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Francis II (Francis I of Austria) and Maria Theresa of Naples-Sicily and niece of Marie-Antoinette, queen of France.
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Marie Louise, the second wife of Napoleon I, was the great-niece of Queen Marie Antoinette. The daughter of Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, her upbringing was marked by a hatred of Revolutionary France and then of Bonaparte, as Austria was repeatedly humiliated by defeat and stripped of its territories. Full name Marie-Louise was daughter of Archduke Francis of Austria and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. Her father became Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II. Marie-Louise was a great-granddaughter of Empress Maria Theresa through her father and thus a great niece of Marie Antoinette. At the age of 18, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria was obliged to marry 40-year-old French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who had spent years waging war against her country. Despite the circumstances, the marriage was relatively happy. Napoleon and Marie Louise spent four years together and then never saw each other again. 21 January, 1810: On the anniversary of the death of Louis XVI, husband of Marie-Antoinette and Marie-Louise's aunt, a privy council was called in the Emperor's personal study.
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It begins with Marie-Louise in 1810 preparing for her marriage to Napoleon, nineteen years after Mozart's death (the first entry in the 'Short Chronology for the life of Marie-Louise) and also Marie-Louise's birth. These first nineteen year are never recounted. On 11 March 1810, Marie-Louise was married by proxy, Napoleon having appointed her uncle and his formidable Austrian opponent, Archduke Charles, to stand in for him at the altar of the Augustinian Church adjacent to Vienna's Hofburg Palace - the principal Habsburg family seat. Marie-Louise de Habsburg-Lorraine was born on 12 December, 1791, in Vienna. Her parents, Francis II, who succeeded his father, Leopold II, as Holy Roman Emperor on 1 March, 1792, and Maria Theresa of Naples were both related to Marie-Antoinette. Marie Louise, on the other hand, was celebrated as the "new Iphigenia" who was sacrificing her own happiness for the good of the people. On the evening of 11 th March1810, crowds of Austrians and visitors from abroad, eager for a spectacle, rushed to see the wedding procession through the Vienna Hofburg and the subsequent wedding service.
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The Habsburg princess Marie Louise seemed to be the ideal candidate. The fact that she came from one of the most powerful dynasties in Europe was a highly influential factor in Napoleon's decision. At first Emperor Franz I/II refused his Marie Louise of Austria was born on 12 December 1791 as the daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily at the Hofburg in Vienna. As she grew up, she was taught to resent all things French. Her grandmother Maria Carolina was the sister of Marie Antoinette, the French Queen who was guillotined.
After parting from Napoleon Marie Louise put her life as Empress of the French behind her. Given the duchy of Parma at the Congress of Vienna, she led the life of a 'merry widow', making two further marriages. When the tide began to turn against Napoleon in 1814, Marie Louise returned to Vienna, where she found herself in a difficult position. Hi Gerry, Napoleon and Marie Louise had only one child, Napoleon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte. He was born on March 20, 1811 and died on July 22, 1832. Marie Louise never saw Napoleon after January 1814, and neither of them ever went to Scotland.
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Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma was Napoleon Bonaparte's second wife—but the Little Corporal was just her first of many husbands. Demure, modest, and retiring, Marie Louise was married off for political purposes until she found her nerve. The marriage ceremony (civil) On 1 April, 1810, at the Palais de Saint-Cloud, the civil marriage between Napoleon and Marie-Louise took place. The ceremony was conducted by the Prince Arch chancellor, in the presence of the court and the imperial family. The ceremony was followed by an artillery gun salute, fired by the canon at Les Invalides.
