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Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain (Spanish: María Luisa, German: Maria Ludovika; 24 November 1745 – 15 May 1792) was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Grand Duchess of Tuscany as the spouse of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Maria Luisa of Parma (Luisa Maria Teresa Anna; 9 December 1751 – 2 January 1819) was, by marriage to King Charles IV of Spain, Queen of Spain from 1788 to 1808 leading up to the Peninsular War. Her relationship with Manuel Godoy and influence over the King made her unpopular among the people and aristocrats.
NameLifespanNotesCarlos ClementeInfante of Spain19 September 1771 – 7 March 1774Born and died at El Escorial; baptized on ...Carlota JoaquinaQueen of Portugal and the ...25 April 1775 – 7 January 1830Born at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, she ...Maria LuisaInfanta of Spain11 September 1777 – 2 July 1782Born and died at the Royal Palace of La ...María AmaliaInfanta of Spain9 January 1779 – 22 July 1798Born at the Royal Palace of El Pardo, she ...role in Spain. In Spain: Charles IV and the French Revolution. …dominated by a lascivious wife, María Luisa. Spain was ruled after 1792 by her favourite, Manuel de Godoy, a handsome, plump officer from the lower nobility.
- Background
- Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Holy Roman Empress
- Issue
- Titles, Styles, Honours and Arms
Maria Luisa was born in Portici, in Campania, the site of the summer palace (Reggia di Portici) of her parents, King Charles, King of Naples and Sicily and Maria Amalia of Saxony. She was the fifth daughter, and second surviving child, of her parents. Her father became King of Spain as Charles III in 1759, and she moved with her family to Spain. He...
On 16 February 1764 she was married by proxy at Madrid to Archduke Peter Leopold, the second son of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and the heir apparent to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The next year, on 5 August, she married him in person at Innsbruck. Only a few days later, the death of Emperor Francis made Maria Luisa's hu...
In 1790, on the death of Peter Leopold's childless brother, Joseph II, Maria Luisa's husband inherited the Habsburg lands in Central Europe, and was shortly thereafter elected Holy Roman Emperor. Taking the name of Leopold II, the new Emperor moved his family to Vienna, where Maria Luisa took on the role of imperial consort. Leopold died scarcely t...
Maria Theresa of Austria (14 January 1767 - 7 November 1827) marrried Anton of Saxonyand had issue.Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (12 February 1768 - 2 March 1835) married Elisabeth of Württemberg and had issue; married Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily and had issue; married Maria Ludovika of A...Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (6 May 1769 - 18 June 1824) married Luisa of Naples and Sicily and had issue; married Maria Ferdinanda of Saxonyno issue.Maria Anna of Austria (22 April 1770 - 1 October 1809) died unmarried.Titles and styles
1. 24 November 1745 – 16 February 1764 Her Royal HighnessThe Infanta Dona Maria Luisa 2. 16 February 1764 – 20 February 1790 Her Royal HighnessThe Grand Duchess of Tuscany 3. 20 February 1790 – 1 March 1792 Her Imperial MajestyThe Holy Roman Empress 4. 1 March 1792 - 15 May 1792 Her Imperial MajestyThe Dowager Holy Roman Empress
Maria Luisa of Parma (Luisa Maria Teresa Anna; 9 December 1751 – 2 January 1819) was, by marriage to King Charles IV of Spain, Queen of Spain from 1788 to 1808 leading up to the Peninsular War. Her relationship with Manuel Godoy and influence over the King made her unpopular among the people and aristocrats.
Portrait of Queen María Luisa. 1790. Oil on unlined canvas. On display elsewhere. Upon the death of Charles III, Goya was asked to paint portraits of the new monarchs, Charles Bourbon IV and his wife, María Luisa of Parma.
This portrait of Maria Luisa of Parma, granddaughter of both King Louis XV of France and Philip V of Spain, was sent to Madrid in advance of her marriage to her first cousin, the future Carlos IV of Spain. It is exemplary of formal eighteenth-century court portraits.
