Princess Isabella of Parma
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| Isabella of Parma | |
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| Isabella by Jean-Marc Nattier | |
| Spouse | Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (pre-accession) |
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| Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria |
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| Isabella Maria Louisa Antonietta Ferdinanda Josepha Saveria Dominica Joanna | |
| House | House of Habsburg-Lorraine House of Bourbon-Parma |
| Father | Philip, Duke of Parma |
| Mother | Princess Louise-Elisabeth of France |
| Born | 31 December 1741 Buen Retiro Palace, Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 27 November 1763 (aged 21) Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria |
| Burial | Imperial Crypt, Vienna, Austria |
Isabella of Parma (Isabella Maria Luisa Antonietta Ferdinanda Giuseppina Saveria Domenica Giovanna; 31 December 1741 – 27 November 1763) was the daughter of Infante Felipe of Spain, Duke of Parma and his wife Louise Elisabeth, eldest daughter of Louis XV of France and Maria Leszczyńska. Her paternal grandparents were Philip V of Spain (in turn a grandson of Louis XIV) and his second wife, Elisabeth of Parma.
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[edit] Early life
Born at Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid, she was an Infanta of Spain and grew up at the court of her grandfather, Philip V of Spain.
[edit] Marriage
On 6 October 1760, at the age of 18, she was married to Archduke Joseph of Austria, heir of the Habsburg Monarchy. She and Joseph's sister Archduchess Maria Christina wrote letters to each other:
- "I am writing you again, cruel sister, though I have only just left you. I cannot bear waiting to know my fate, and to learn whether you consider me a person worthy of your love, or whether you would like to throw me into the river.... I can think of nothing but that I am deeply in love. If I only knew why this is so, for you are so without mercy that one should not love you, but I cannot help myself.". In a different letter she wrote: "I am told that the day begins with God. I, however, begin the day by thinking of the object of my love, for I think of her incessantly.".
She died at Schönbrunn Palace and was buried in Maria Theresa's vault in the Imperial Crypt Vaults in Vienna, Austria.
In 1765, her father-in-law Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor died and her husband succeeded him as Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.
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Isabella and her mother in 1750
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The arrival of Isabella to Vienna held at the Schönbrunn Palace
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Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, her only surviving child
[edit] Titles and Styles
- 31 December 1741 – 18 October 1748: Doña Isabel, Infanta of Spain
- 18 October 1748 – 7 September 1760: Princess Isabella of Parma
- 7 September 1760 – 27 November 1763: Archduchess Isabella, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
[edit] Ancestry
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[edit] References
- Isabella von Bourbon-Parma from German Wikipedia. Retrieved 6 August 2006.
- Biography of the melancholy Princess Isabella of Parma (1741-1763). Retrieved 6 August 2006
- Vovk, Justin C. (2008). In Destiny's Hands: Five Tragic Rulers, Children of Maria Theresa.
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