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Maria Luisa of Parma (December 9 1751, Parma
Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 - January 2 1819, Barberini Palace, Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
) was Queen Consort of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 from 1788 to 1808 as the wife of King Charles IV of Spain
Charles IV of Spain

Charles IV was list of Spanish monarchs from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808....
. She was the youngest daughter of Duke Philip I of Parma
Philip, Duke of Parma

Philip of Bourbon, Duke of Parma was List of Dukes of Parma from 1748 to 1765.He was the fourth child and third son of Philip V of Spain of Spain and his wife, Elizabeth Farnese....
 and his wife, Louise-Élisabeth of France
Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France

Marie Louise ?lisabeth de France was the eldest daughter of King Louis XV of France and his Queen consort, Maria Leszczynska, and the elder twin sister of Henriette-Anne of France....
, the eldest daughter of King Louis XV. She was christened Luisa Maria Teresa, but was known as María Luisa.

The famous Spanish artist Goya painted several of her portraits.






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Maria Luisa of Parma (December 9 1751, Parma
Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 - January 2 1819, Barberini Palace, Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
) was Queen Consort of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 from 1788 to 1808 as the wife of King Charles IV of Spain
Charles IV of Spain

Charles IV was list of Spanish monarchs from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808....
. She was the youngest daughter of Duke Philip I of Parma
Philip, Duke of Parma

Philip of Bourbon, Duke of Parma was List of Dukes of Parma from 1748 to 1765.He was the fourth child and third son of Philip V of Spain of Spain and his wife, Elizabeth Farnese....
 and his wife, Louise-Élisabeth of France
Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France

Marie Louise ?lisabeth de France was the eldest daughter of King Louis XV of France and his Queen consort, Maria Leszczynska, and the elder twin sister of Henriette-Anne of France....
, the eldest daughter of King Louis XV. She was christened Luisa Maria Teresa, but was known as María Luisa.

The famous Spanish artist Goya painted several of her portraits. She was often described by contemporaries as an ugly (however, pretty in her youth), vicious, and coarse woman who thoroughly dominated the king. Reportedly Manuel de Godoy
Manuel de Godoy

Manuel de Godoy y ?lvarez de Faria , was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. He received many titles including Prince of the Peace by which he is widely known....
, her husband's Prime Minister, was her long-time lover.

Due to pressure from Napoleon, her husband abdicated the throne of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 in 1808, and together with Maria Luisa and Godoy
Manuel de Godoy

Manuel de Godoy y ?lvarez de Faria , was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. He received many titles including Prince of the Peace by which he is widely known....
 spent the rest of his life outside Spain. Both Maria Luisa and her husband died in Italy in early 1819.

Children

Reportedly, her two youngest children were not sired by her husband, who was her paternal first cousin. According to Lady Holland, a British lady who visited the Spanish court, the features of Maria Luisa's youngest child, Infante Francisco
Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain

File:Francisco de Paula de Borb?n.jpgInfante Francisco de Paula of Spain was born on 10 March 1794 in Aranjuez, Spain. He was the youngest son of Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma....
, resembled very closely those of Godoy
Manuel de Godoy

Manuel de Godoy y ?lvarez de Faria , was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. He received many titles including Prince of the Peace by which he is widely known....
. Her 14 children were:

  • Charles Clement (Carlos Clemente) (September 19 1771 - March 7 1774)
  • Charlotte Joaquina
    Charlotte of Spain

    Charlotte Joaquina Teresa of Spain was a Queen consort of Portugal.She was the eldest daughter of King Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma ....
     (Carlota Joaquina)     (April 25 1775 - January 7 1830), later Queen consort of Portugal
  • Maria Louisa (Maria Luisa) (September 11 1777 - July 2 1782)
  • Maria Amalia (January 9 1779 - July 22 1798)
  • Charles Dominic (Carlos Domingo) (March 5 1780 - June 11 1783)
  • Maria Louisa (Maria Luisa) (July 6 1782 - March 13 1824), later Queen consort of Etruria and Duchess dowager of Bourbon-Parma
  • Charles Francis (Carlos Francisco) (September 5 1783 - November 11 1784)
  • Philip Francis (Felipe Francisco) (September 5 1783 - October 18 1784)
  • Ferdinand (Fernando)
    Ferdinand VII of Spain

    Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
     (October 14 1784 - September 29 1833), succeeded his father as King of Spain
  • Charles (Carlos), Count of Molina (March 29 1788 - March 10 1855), later the first Carlist pretender
    Carlism

    Carlism is a Tradition#Traditionalism and legitimist political movement in Spain seeking the establishment of a separate line of the House of Bourbon family on the Monarchy of Spain....
  • Maria Isabella
    Maria Isabella of Spain

    Maria Isabella of Spain...
     (June 6 1789 - September 13 1848), later Queen consort of Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies
    Francis I of the Two Sicilies

    Francis I was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830....
  • Maria Teresa (February 16 1791 - November 2 1794)
  • Felipe Maria (March 28 1792 - March 1 1794)
  • Francisco Antonio de Paula, Duke of Cadiz
    Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain

    File:Francisco de Paula de Borb?n.jpgInfante Francisco de Paula of Spain was born on 10 March 1794 in Aranjuez, Spain. He was the youngest son of Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma....
     (March 10 1794 - August 13 1865)


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