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| Marriage of Napoleon I and Marie Louise (2 April 1810, Louvre chapel) - Georges Rouget (1783–1869, French) - oil on canvas (185 x 182 cm) 1810 - Versailles (Paris) |
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| Empress Marie-Louise and her son Napoleon, King of Rome - François Gérard (1770-1837) - oil (240 × 162 cm) in 1813 - Château de Versailles |
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| King of Rome / Roi de Rome - Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830, English) - oil (58 × 49 cm) 1818-1819 - Fogg Museum (Harvard U) |
When N was exiled to Elba in 1814-1815, the powers refused to entertain his wish to pass the throne to his son; she then took her son eventually back to Austria and refused to see N ever again.
In 1820, her father Emperor Francis of Austria went to the opera in Venice (part of the empire then) with her. "The audience were clamorous in their applause, and so particular in directing it to the ex-empress, that, as the best way of appeasing the tumult, Marie Louise quitted the theatre. The audience, however, rose with her, and accustomed her home, leaving the the emperor of Austria in a most humiliating position."
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| Napoleon II, aka Duke of Reichstadt - Leopold Bucher (1797-1858, Austrian) - (33 x 22 cm) in 1832 - Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau |
Titular Napoleon II (1811-1832) had no empire nor kingdom to inherit. He lived a short life, and died of tuberculosis at 21, without any children.
After N's death, Marie-Louise remarried and had 3 more children. When widowed the second time, she got married the third time.
After N's death, Marie-Louise remarried and had 3 more children. When widowed the second time, she got married the third time.
Source: Wikipedia
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