Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma
Born: 1751
Father: Filippo, Duke of Parma, son of Philip V
Mother: Elisabeth of France, daughter of Louis XV
Husband: Charles IV
Married: 1765
Age: 14
Children: Carlos Clemente (1771-1774), Carlos Domingo (1780-1783),
              Carlos Francisco de Paula Domingo (1783-1784),
              Filipe Francisco de Paula Domingo (1783-1784), Ferdinand VII, 
              Carlos Maria Isidro Benito (1788-1855), Filipe (1791-1794),
              Felipe Maria (1792-1794), Francisco de Paula (1794-1865),
              Carlota (1775-1830), Queen of Portugal, Maria Luisa Carlota (1777-1782),
              Maria Amelia (1779-1798), Maria Luisa Josefina Antonieta (1782-1824),
              Maria Isabel (1789-1848), Maria Teresa (1791-1794)
Died: 1819
Age: 68
Maria Luisa by Anton Rafael Mengs, 1765
Mar�a Luisa , 1751�1819, queen of Spain, daughter of Duke Philip of Parma, consort of King Charles IV. Dissolute and domineering, she exerted, with her favorite Godoy, the real power in the government, thus contributing to the downfall of Spain at the hands of Napoleon I. She was present at the meeting in Bayonne at which Napoleon forced her husband and her son, Ferdinand VII, to abdicate. She shared her husband's confinement and exile. Goya painted several revealing portraits of her.

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