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The wedding took place by proxy in Vienna, the role of the bridegroom being taken by one of Napoleon’s brothers. Afterwards Marie Louise travelled to France to join her new husband. On 16 March 1809 the bride was officially handed over to the French delegation at the frontier of the Habsburg Empire, in Sankt Peter am Hart near Braunau am Inn. The ceremony took place in a
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Ep 229 Marie Louise: Napoleon's Second Empress
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Image of Portrait of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Empress
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Marie Louise after Napoleon's fall from power
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Marie Louise – a dutiful daughter sacrificed on the altar of political expediency
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Marie Louise Empress Of France With Her Son Napoleon II King of
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Marie Louise Palace of Versailles
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Marie-Louise (1791-1847). Empress of France (1810-1814)
Marie Louise (1791–1847), Empress of the French, second wife of
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Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma - Wikipedia
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Napoleons diamond necklace
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