Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma

Empress of the French
Duchess of Parma Marie Louise of Austria (German: Maria Luise von Österreich; French: Marie Louise d'Autriche; Italian: Maria Luisa d'Austria; December 12, 1791 – December 17, 1847), born Archduchess Maria Luisa of Austria (German: Erzherzogin Maria Luise von Österreich), became upon marriage Empress of the French (French: impératrice Marie Louise des Français), and in 1817 became Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (Italian: Maria Luisa, Duchessa di Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla).



She was the second wife of Napoléon Bonaparte and thus Empress of the French. She was also a double grandniece of Marie Antoinette. She was the mother of Napoleon II, King of Rome.

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