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Isadora ortega married12/16/2023 The Queen, Maria Carolina of Austria, who hated France and mistrusted Spain for its good will toward Napoleon, opposed the match. Infanta Maria Isabel and her eldest brother, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, would marry their first cousins: Maria Antonia of Naples and Francesco, Duke of Calabria. His plan was to bring the Kingdom of Naples, an ally of England and hostile to France, into the recently formed Spanish-French alliance, proposing a closer relationship between the two families through double marriages. The idea came from the French diplomat Alquier, who had been ambassador in Madrid and Naples. Portrait by Francisco Goya.Īnxious to find a crown for Maria Isabel, in the spring 1801, her mother looked to marry her with her paternal first cousin the Duke of Calabria, Prince Francesco of Naples and Sicily, whose wife, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, was then still alive, but died of consumption in November of that year. Napoleon had a low opinion of the House of Bourbon and commented privately, "If I would have to remarry, I wouldn't look in a house in ruins for my descendants" Marriage Infanta Maria Isabel. Then First Consul, Napoleon had been married to Joséphine de Beauharnais for two years, but it had been suggested that he should divorce her to marry a princess of royal blood. Through him, Queen Maria Luisa offered María Isabel in marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte in April 1801. In December 1800, Lucien Bonaparte arrived in Spain as the new French ambassador. She and her family members were painted by Francisco Goya in his 1800–1801 portrait Charles IV of Spain and His Family. The youngest surviving daughter in a large family, María Isabel was spoilt by both of her parents and her education was rudimentary. The Infanta's childhood coincided with the events of the French revolution and political turbulence in Spain. Court rumour attributed María Isabel's paternity not to the king, but to the young Godoy, who became Spain's prime minister in 1792. María Isabel's birth coincided with the rise to power in Spain of her mother's favorite, Manuel Godoy. She was the youngest daughter of King Carlos IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma. Maria Isabella of Spain (María Isabel de Borbón y Borbón-Parma 6 July 1789 – 13 September 1848) was Queen of the Two Sicilies from 4 January 1825 until 8 November 1830 as the wife of Francis I of the Two Sicilies. Spanish: María Isabel de Borbón y Borbón-Parma
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