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Marie Louise

[ muh-ree loo-eez; French ma-ree lweez ]

noun

  1. 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).


Marie Louise

/ mari lwiz /

noun

  1. Marie Louise17911847FFrenchAustrianMISC: wife of Napoleon I 1791–1847, empress of France (1811–15) as the second wife of Napoleon I; daughter of Francis I of Austria. On Napoleon's abdication (1815) she became Duchess of Parma


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Marie-Louise and Philippe-Auguste, who had just come in from the gutter, were slapping each other all the way upstairs.

Marie-Louise at once organized a first expedition, consisting of five girls and two boys—the biggest and the most courageous.

Marie-Louise and Philippe-Auguste, however, had now left the house and were running up and down the street.

But Marie-Louise, gasping with emotion, repeated: "Grand—grand —grandmamma is putting on her clothes, she is coming downstairs."

It was stated that the bust had been executed at Leghorn by order of the faithless Marie Louise.

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