Louis, King of Etruria
Duke Ludwig I. Ferdinand Philip of Parma (* August 5, 1773 in Piacenza, † May 27, 1803 in Florence) was the first king of the newly created Kingdom of Etruria.
Life
Son of the Duke Ferdinand of Parma (1751-1802) and his wife Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746-1804), daughter of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresia and Franz Stephan of Lorraine.
On August 25, 1795 he married in Madrid, the only 13 -year-old Infanta Maria Josefa Antonieta Vicentia Louisa ( 1782-1824 ), daughter of King Charles IV of Spain and his wife Princess Maria Louise of Bourbon -Parma, daughter of Duke Philip and his wife Princess Louise Elisabeth of France. From this marriage two children were born:
- Karl Ludwig II (1799-1883)
- Mary Louise Carlotta (1802-1857)
Emperor Napoleon I in 1801 had agreed with Spain and the House of Bourbon -Parma, the Duchy of Parma that after the death of his Duke Ferdinand should fall to France, while the House of Bourbon -Parma should be reconciled with the newly created Kingdom of Etruria. In order to make room for the Bourbons, was first of the Habsburg Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand III. , Compensated with the secularized Archbishopric of Salzburg, after which finally the parmesische Hereditary Prince Ludwig I as the "King of Etruria " used in of his office the grace of Napoleon been.
Louis of Etruria was buried in the Pantheon of Infantes at Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial.