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Lots. Actually, quite a lot even before he died. The moment Napoleon was exiled to Elba, she decided to go home to Austria. Napoleon's brothers tried to retain her, but her brother the Emperor of Austria, sent general Count von Neipperk to escort her home. This (as the Emperor must have been well aware) was like asking a rabbit to escort a lettuce. Neipperk was a dashing soldier with a black eyepatch and a complete mastery for the techniques of seduction. Marie-Louise fell for him like a ton of bricks.
When Napoleon returned to France for the Hundred Days, his Empress stayed in Vienna. When he was exiled to St. Helena after Waterloo, she offered to join him there, but not before she found out that he was not allowed company. Besides, Metternich had no intention of letting A Princess get mixed up in the politics of France. he even gave her a complete list of Napoleon's infidelities (mostly true), and told her that Countess Walewska and her son would be joining him in exile (all lies). This provided the excuse she needed; she officially remounced her husband and proceeded to get pregnant by Neipperk, whom she married the moment Napoleon was dead.
As a reward for this (and to keep her out of mainstream politics) the Congress of Vienna gave Marie-Louise the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in northern Italy, on condition that the title was not hereditary - they didn't want Napoleon's son to inherit any kind of power. In any case, he was a sickly youth and soon died. His mother, however, had three children by Neipperk; they took the name of Montenuovo, which is Italian for Neipperk.
When Neipperk in his turn died, Marie-Louise (now Maria Luigia) let herself go a bit and gained a somewhat scandalous reputation. This may or may not have been justified, but in any case she calmed the gossips by marrying yet again, this time a Baron Werklein. She ruled Parma rather well for thirty years, building roads and bridges and founding hospitals and orphanages. She was the first ruler to modify the Code Napoléon to allow women rights of inheritance.
She died in 1847 at the age of 57, officially of pneumonia, though there were rumours of poisoning. She was a shallow, not very intelligent, well-meaning and highly-sexed woman, and unworthy of Napoleon in anything except her birth.
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Where are Napoleon's wives buried?
Napoleon's first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais, at the Saint Pierre-Saint Paul church in Rueil. His second wife, Marie Louise of Austria died in Parma and was buried in the Capuchin church in Vienna.
What happened to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
they died.
What is Napoleon Bonaparte's son's name?
He had only one son with his wife Marie Louise: Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles, alias Napoleon II. He died aged 21. He also acknowledged two illegitimate children: * Charles Léon, (1806-81) by Louise Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne * Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski, (1810-68) by Countess Marie Walewska He may have had further unacknowledged illegitimate offspring as well: * Karl Eugin von Mühlfeld, by Victoria Kraus * Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte (1816-1910) by Albine de Montholon * Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire, whose mother also remains unknown
Was napoleon bonaparte beheaded during the french revolution?
No. The Fench Revolution was to dethrone the monarchy. King Louis and Queen Marie Antoinettewere beheaded. Napoleon came to power after the revolution and took over the democratic government. More proof: If Napoleon died in the 1780s, how could he have sold Louisiana to Jefferson in 1803?
Why did Napoleon divorce Josephine?
Napoleon divorced her to marry an Austrian princess. In 1796 he married Joséphine de Beauharnais, he was in love with her but the marriage was childless, so he divorced her to marry the Austrian princess Marie-Louise in 1809.
Who was the wife of Napoleon?
Josephine de Beauharnais. Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma.
When did Marie Louise Trichet die?
Marie Louise Trichet died in 1759.
When did Marie-Louise Damien die?
Marie-Louise Damien died in 1978.
When did Marie-Louise Giraud die?
Marie-Louise Giraud died in 1943.
When did Marie-Louise Coidavid die?
Marie-Louise Coidavid died in 1851.
When did Marie-Louise O'Murphy die?
Marie-Louise O'Murphy died in 1814.
When did Marie Louise d'Aspremont die?
Marie Louise d'Aspremont died in 1692.
When did Marie-Louise Berneri die?
Marie-Louise Berneri died in 1949.
When did Marie Louise Marcadet die?
Marie Louise Marcadet died in 1804.
When did Marie-Louise Meilleur die?
Mother Marie Louise De Meester died in 1928.
When did Marie-Louise Haumont die?
Marie-Victoire Lemoine died in 1820.
When did Marie-Louise von Motesiczky die?
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky died in 1996.
