Maria Luisa of Parma | |||||
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Queen consort of Spain | |||||
Tenure | 14 December 1788 - 19 March 1808 | ||||
Born | Parma, Duchy of Parma | 9 December 1751||||
Died | 2 January 1819 Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Papal States | (aged 67)||||
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House | Bourbon-Parma | ||||
Father | Philip, Duke of Parma | ||||
Mother | Louise Élisabeth of France |
Maria Luisa of Parma (Luisa Maria Teresa Anna; 9 December 1751 – 2 January 1819) was, by marriage to King Charles IV of Spain, Queen of Spain from 1788 to 1808 leading up to the Peninsular War. Her relationship with Manuel Godoy and influence over the King made her unpopular among the people and aristocrats. She was rivals with the Duchess of Alba and the Duchess of Osuna. The death of her daughter-in-law Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, whom she disliked, was said to be the result of poisoning by the Queen.