Ludwig (Etruria)
Duke Ludwig Ferdinand Philipp of Parma (born August 5, 1773 in Piacenza , † May 27, 1803 in Florence ) was Ludwig I, the first king of the newly created Kingdom of Etruria .
Life
Son of Duke Ferdinand of Parma (1751–1802) and his wife Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746–1804), daughter of the Austrian ruler Maria Theresa and Franz I Stephan of Lorraine .
On August 25, 1795, he married the only 13-year-old Infanta Maria Louisa Josefa Antonieta Vicentia (1782-1824), daughter of King Charles IV of Spain and his wife Princess Maria Luise of Bourbon-Parma , daughter of Duke Philip and his in Madrid Consort of Princess Louise Elisabeth of France . The marriage had two children:
- Charles II. Ludwig (1799-1883)
- ⚭ 1820 Princess Maria Theresa of Sardinia-Piedmont (1803–1879)
- Maria Louise Carlotta (1802-1857)
- ⚭ 1825 Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1759–1838)
- ⚭ Count Ferdinand von Rossi († 1854)
- ⚭ Count Giovanni of Vimercati († 1861)
In 1801, Napoléon Bonaparte , then First Consul of the French Republic, had agreed with Spain and the House of Bourbon-Parma that the Duchy of Parma should fall to France after the death of his Duke Ferdinand , while the House of Bourbon-Parma with the newly created Kingdom of Etruria should be resigned. In order to make room for the Bourbons , the Habsburg Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand III. , compensated with the secularized prince archbishopric of Salzburg , whereupon the Parmesian Hereditary Prince Ludwig I was installed as “King of Etruria” in his office by Napoleon's grace.
Louis of Etruria was buried in Chapel 7 of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monasterio de San Lorenzo de el Escorial .
ancestors
| Philip V King of Spain (1683–1746) | |||||||||||||
| Philip Duke of Parma (1720–1765) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766) | |||||||||||||
| Ferdinand of Parma (1751–1802) | |||||||||||||
| Louis XV , King of France (1710–1774) | |||||||||||||
| Marie Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1727-1759) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Leszczyńska Queen of France (1703–1768) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig I of Parma | |||||||||||||
| Leopold of Lorraine (1679–1729) | |||||||||||||
| Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Charlotte de Bourbon-Orléans (1676–1744) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Amalia Archduchess of Austria (1746–1804) | |||||||||||||
| Emperor Charles VI. , (1685-1740) | |||||||||||||
| Empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Christine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750) | |||||||||||||
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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King of Etruria 1801–1803 |
Karl Ludwig |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ludwig I of Etruria; Ludwig I. Ferdinand Philipp of Parma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first king of the Kingdom of Etruria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Piacenza |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1803 |
| Place of death | Florence |