Title:
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815. Artist: T Blood
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Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815. The eldest daughter of Francis II of Austria, Marie Louise (1791-1847) became Empress of the French when she married Napoleon in 1810. After he was forced to abdicate in 1814 she returned to Austria, refusing to join him either in exile or after he returned to France in 1815.