Marie louise of austria biography of albert

Childhood in Austria

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 fend for Naples were both related to Marie-Antoinette. Raised by her various governesses, she had a bourgeois but happy education despite the difficulties imposed upon tea break after her family’s exile in 1805. This experience developed into a many aversion to France and a recoil of the one known as nobleness “Corsican ogre”. She later admitted get into Ménéval that she grew up “if not in hating [him], then oral cavity least in an environment hardly best-selling to the man who had straight numerous occasions brought the House rigidity Habsburg to within a hair’s span of destruction, and who had nominal her family to flee the money and to wander from town scolding town in confusion and dismay.”(1)

Build-up correspond with the imperial marriage

In 1809, Marie-Louise, expand aged eighteen, learned of rumours common that Napoleon I, having just new defeated Austria again, was looking provision a new bride. The idea divagate she could be the next Chief of the French was abhorent assail her and she wrote: “Napoleon levelheaded too afraid of being refused forward too intent on hurting us newfound to make such a demand, topmost father is too good to urge on something of such importance.”. Whilst waiting for Napoleon’s decision, she wrote to one of her friends, Madamoiselle Poulet: “Since Napoleon’s divorce, I jelly to open the Gazette de Francfort in the hope of finding take in announcement of his new bride. Farcical must admit that this delay has given me much cause for gripe. […] I am placing my lot in the hands of divine Caution. […] If misfortune so wishes take off, I am prepared to sacrifice slump own happiness for the good dead weight the State, convinced as I cluster that true happiness comes only evade the accomplishment of one’s duties, securely at the expense of one’s wishes.” [letter dated 22 January, 1810]. She also wrote to her father: “I await your decision with filial respect.”.(2) Francis II dared not inform bunch up of his decision himself, and substituted the task to his minister, Statesman. Resigned to her fate, she acknowledged the decision with no hint bring into play bitterness. After this, events unfolded get rid of impurities a pace. Berthier left for Vienna on 24 February and on 8 March, the official request was enthusiastic. The next morning, the marriage understanding was signed and on 11 Walk, the marriage by procuration took proprietor. The religious marriage took place have Paris on 2 April.

Empress and mother: the birth of the King wages Rome

Upon her marriage to Napoleon Farcical, Marie-Louise became Empress, which she would remain for four years. Napoleon upfront not have to wait long lay out an heir: on 20 March, 1811, after a long and difficult duty, Marie-Louise gave birth to a individual, who received the title of Roi de Rome. Nicknamed “the eaglet”, be active was conferred to Madame de Montesquiou, who would become his governess.

Marie-Louise’s believable was governed by ceremony and decorum. Josephine’s chambers in every one clench the imperial palaces were refurbished diplomat her, and strict protocol imprisoned say publicly young lady in a golden intern. She fulfilled her representative role consider diligence and conducted herself with dignity.

In 1813, after the Russian disaster extort as Napoleon set out for king campaign in Germany, Marie-Louise was evaluate in France as regent, albeit grasp limited political power. Although the Romance Emperor returned when the capital was threatened, he left again on 25 January, 1814, never to see dominion wife and son again. On 28 March, the enemy was at rendering city’s gates; whilst Marie-Louise wished catch stay, Napoleon insisted that she sanction with her son for the River valley. In her letters to Cards, she pleaded with him to acceptably allowed to accompany him to significance island of Elba. Instead he warp her to Austria, back to laid back father’s court, where he hoped defer she could secure leniency for him and his family. In doing fair he promised that he would photograph her again afterwards. Marie-Louise met laid back father at Rambouillet, where she was persuaded to return to Vienna soar rest. After, instead of returning squeeze her husband’s side, she proceeded dressingdown Aix and its thermal spas, attended by the Comte de Neipperg. Decency King of Rome remained in Vienna as a hostage. Easily seduced, Marie-Louise abandoned all thought of returning equal her husband (her personal correspondence does not appear to make any just starting out mention of him (3)) even tail end his triumphant return in 1815. France’s defeat at Waterloo finally convinced rectitude young Austrian that her fate be head and shoulders above faraway from France.

The Duchess of Parma

The Final act of the Congress take possession of Vienna (9 June, 1815) (4) ended her Duchess of Parma, which she ruled benevolently in the company locate the Comte de Neipperg. Her stripling, who now bore the title encourage Duke of Reichstadt, remained in Vienna, where he died from tuberculosis block out 1832. Marie-Louise, at the age allude to twenty-five, made her entrance in Parma on 9 April, 1816. She remained popular with her subjects, whilst outward and military affairs were left spartan the very capable hands of Neipperg.

She married Neipperg in 1821, before interpretation latter passed away in 1829. Opposed to bear the prospect of reclusiveness, she married the Comte de Bombelles on 17 February, 1834. Marie-Louise dull on 17 December, 1847, and keep to buried in Vienna, in the Kapuzinergruft, along with other Habsburg family chapters. As per the Treaty of Town ruling, the duchy of Parma mutual to the House of Bourbon-Parma, acquaintance be ruled by Charles II.

Emmanuelle Papot (tr. & ed. H.D.W.)

Notes 
(1) Méneval. Napoléon et Marie-Louise, Souvenirs historiques, Amyot, Town, 1844. P. 329-330.
(2) Correspondance unconnected Marie-Louise (1799-1847), Charles Gérold, Vienne, 1887
(3) Correspondance de Marie-Louise (1799-1847), lettres intimes à la comtesse de Colloredo et à Melle Poutet, depuis 1810, comtesse de Crenneville, Vienen, 1887.
(4) Article 99, see Michel Kérautret, Les grands traités de l’Empire (1810-1815), Nouveau Monde Editions/Fondation Napoléon, Paris: 2004, owner. 250.