Proxy Marriage in Vienna
- When
- 11 March 1810
- Where
- Augustinian Church
Marie Louise married Napoleon by proxy at the Augustinian Church in Vienna on 11 March 1810, following negotiations with the Austrian ambassador.
The ceremony took place at the Augustinian Church in Vienna on 11 March 1810, with a proxy standing in for the groom. Marie Louise departed the city on 13 March, probably expecting never to return. On her journey she passed through three small temporary wooden rooms—the Austrian room, the neutral room, and the French room—undressing in the first, dressing in clothes brought by the French imperial court in the second, and being received there by Napoleon's youngest sister, the Queen of Naples Caroline Bonaparte.
Sources
- Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19
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