Maria Luisa of Parma
1788 - 1808
Daughter of the Infante Philip (1720-1765), Duke of Parma, and of Louise-Élisabeth of France (1727-1759), Maria Luisa of Parma was the granddaughter of Philip V of Spain (1683-1746) and Louis XV of France (1710-1774). Her marriage to Charles, then Prince of Asturias and future Charles IV, was held at the Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia) on 4th September 1765. During her first years in Spain, she found it difficult to adapt to the austere court of her father-in-law, Charles III (1716-1788). The royal couple had fourteen children: the Infante Carlos Clemente (1771-1774); the Infanta Carlota Joaquina (1775-1830), Queen of Portugal by marriage to John VI (1767-1826); the Infanta Maria Luisa (1777-1782); the Infanta Maria Amalia (1779-1798), married to her uncle, the Infant...
