Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este
Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este | |
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Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire | |
Spouse |
Francis I of Austria (m. 1808) |
House | Austria-Este |
Father | Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este |
Mother | Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa |
Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Austria-Este (14 December 1787 – 7 April 1816), also known as Maria Ludovika of Modena, was
Biography
Early life
Maria Ludovika was born in Monza on 14 December 1787, but her family fled from Italy to Austria when Northern Italy was conquered by Napoleon in 1796. This caused her a hostility for Napoleon.[citation needed] In Austria, the emperor fell in love with her during his visits to her mother. Maria Ludovika was educated by the Countess Almesloë,[citation needed] whom was sent by Maria Ludovika’s grandmother Maria Theresa.
Marriage
On 6 January 1808 she married her first cousin
She, as leader of the war party in Austria,
Metternich showed her private correspondence with her relatives to her husband, the Emperor Francis I, in the hope that it would discredit her. She was conservative in her views, suspicious of peasant revolts,[7] but also patriotic towards her adopted land,[4] and genuinely disturbed by atrocities that Napoleon's armies created in Spain.[8] She supported the war against Napoleonic France in 1809. From this year, her health deteriorated. She was opposed to the marriage between Napoleon and her step-daughter Marie Louise in 1809. In 1812, she was a reluctant guest to the assembly of German monarchs gathered by Napoleon to celebrate his war against Russia.
Death
She was the hostess of the Congress of Vienna in 1815. When Napoleon was finally defeated she traveled at the end of the year in 1815 to her home country, North Italy, but died of tuberculosis in Verona. She was only 28 years old.[9] She is buried in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna.
The
Honours
A large marble memorial plaque mentioned her visit with the emperor in 1816 is located at
A large bronze monument depicting her in the centre, and
Ancestry
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References
- ISBN 9780891585015.
- ^ Flantzer, Susan (14 April 2016). "Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria". Unofficial Royalty. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Langsam, Walter Consuelo (1930). The Napoleonic Wars and German Nationalism in Austria, Issue 324. Columbia University Press. p. 34.
- ^ ISBN 9781612308623.
- ISBN 9783428001811.
- ISBN 9781317899181.
- ISBN 9781439131077.
- ISBN 9781408837818.
- ^ Brigitte Hamann: Die Habsburger. 1988, p. 333f.
- ISBN 9781571139085.