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Marie Louise, Napoleon's Second Empress

11/28/2020

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Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria became Emperor Napoleon I of France's second wife in 1810, only a few years before he was overthrown. This episode covers the ups and downs of Marie Louise's life before, during, and after her time with Napoleon. 
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Podcaster: Christine
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Further Reading

Queen Hortense Bonaparte, The Memoirs of Queen Hortense, Jean Hanoteau (ed.), Arthur K. Griggs (trans.), vol II, Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, (1927).

Christopher Hibbert, Napoleon: His Wives and Women, W.W. Norton & Company, (2002).

Alan Palmer, Napoleon & Marie Louise: The Emperor's Second Wife, St. Martin's Press, (2001).

Desmond Seward, Napoleon's Family: The Notorious Bonapartes and Their Ascent to the Thrones of Europe, Viking, (1986).

Marie-Louise of Austria via Fondation Napoleon.

Images

Ceremony of the marriage of Emperor Napoleon with Marie-Louise of Austria on 2 April 1810, circa 1810, via Bibliothèque nationale de France. 

Napoleon, Marie-Louise, and their son the King of Rome, April 1815, via Bibliothèque nationale de France. 

Presentation of a portrait of Napoleon to Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria, circa 1810, via Bibliothèque nationale de France. 

Portrait of Marie-Louise and Napoleon, from Portraits de Napoléon I et de Marie Louise, d'Hortense Eugénie, et de Louis Napoléon, d'Eugène Napoléon et d'Auguste Amélie, de Marie Julie et de Joseph Napoléon, circa 1810, via Bibliothèque nationale de France. 

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This episode is part of our Revolutionary France Series. 

​Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)
Marie Louise being presented with Napoleon's portrait
Presentation of a portrait of Napoleon to Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria, circa 1810, via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Napoleon and Marie-Louise, c 1810
Portrait of Marie-Louise and Napoleon, from Portraits de Napoléon I et de Marie Louise, d'Hortense Eugénie, et de Louis Napoléon, d'Eugène Napoléon et d'Auguste Amélie, de Marie Julie et de Joseph Napoléon, circa 1810, via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise
Ceremony of the marriage of Emperor Napoleon with Marie-Louise of Austria on 2 April 1810, circa 1810, via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Napoleon I, Marie-Louise, and Napoleon II
Napoleon, Marie-Louise, and their son the King of Rome, April 1815, via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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