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She was born Marie Louise Leopoldine Franziska Theresia Josepha Lucia, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, in Vienna, the daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria and his second wife, Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilies .
On March 11, 1810, Marie Louise was married to Napoleon (by proxy). The marriage intended to link the Austrian Empire of her father to the First French Empire of her new husband. On March 20, 1811, the Empress had a son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles BonaparteNapoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte ( March 20, 1811 July 22, 1832), Duke of Reichstadt, was the son of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. Three years after his birth in Paris, the First French Empir, styled King of RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman and later Duke of Reichstadt . After Napoleon's abdication Marie Louise and her son fled ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to to BloisBlois is the prefecture (capital) city of the Loir-et-Cher departement of France on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orleans and Tours. The city has a population of approximately 51,832 (1999). The famous Chateau de Blois, a Renaissance chateau then to Vienna where she remained until granted the duchies of ParmaThe Duchy of Parma was a small Italian state between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1860. The Duke of Parma was also Duke of Piacenza, except for the first years of the rule of Ottavio Farnese ( 1549- 1556), and the time of the Napoleonic Dukes of, Plaisance , and GuastallaGuastalla is a commune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna. Guastalla was a duchy until 1748 by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle into Don Phillip of Spain Towns of Emilia-Romagna. by her familyHabsburg (also spelled Hapsburg was one of the ruling houses of Europe: rulers of Austria (as dukes 1282 1453, archdukes 1453 1804, and emperors 1804 1918), kings of Bohemia 1526 1618 and 1621 1918, kings of Spain ( 1516 1700), and Holy Roman Emperors for.
In 1821Events February 23 The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college. March 25 Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence. July 10 The United States takes possession of its ne, four months after Napoleon's death, she married, morganatically, her lover, Adam-Adalbert, Count and Lord of Neipperg (1775-1829). The couple had two children out of wedlock:
Marie-Louise and Neipperg also had a second daughter, Mathilde, Countess of Montenuovo, in 1822.
In 1834 Marie-Louise married, morganatically, her grand chamberlain , Charles-René, Count of Bombelles (1785-1856).
Marie Louise, former Empress of France, died on December 17, 1847 in Parma.
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