Marie Louise as Empress of the French

The wedding took place by proxy in Vienna, the role of the bridegroom being taken by one of Napoleon’s brothers. Afterwards Marie Louise travelled to France to join her new husband. On 16 March 1809 the bride was officially handed over to the French delegation at the frontier of the Habsburg Empire, in Sankt Peter am Hart near Braunau am Inn. The ceremony took place in a

Empress Marie Louise-Napolean's second wife

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Marie Louise as Empress of the French

Marie Louise Palace of Versailles

Marie Louise as Empress of the French

Marie Louise after Napoleon's fall from power

Marie Louise, Empress of The French, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza