Global InformationPrincess Isabella of Parma information
| Princess Isabella of Parma | |||||
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| Archduchess of Austria | |||||
 Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1758 | |||||
| Born | 31 December 1741 Buen Retiro Palace, Madrid, Kingdom of Spain | ||||
| Died | 27 November 1763 (aged 21) Hofburg, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
| Burial | Maria Theresa Vault, Imperial Crypt, Capuchin Church, Vienna, Austria | ||||
| Spouse |
Archduke Joseph of Austria
(m. 1760) | ||||
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| House | Bourbon-Parma | ||||
| Father | Philip, Duke of Parma | ||||
| Mother | Louise Élisabeth of France | ||||
Isabella of Bourbon-Parma (Spanish: Isabel María Luisa Antonieta, German: Isabella Maria Ludovica Antonia;[note 1][1] 31 December 1741[2] – 27 November 1763[3]) was a princess of Parma[4] and infanta of Spain from the House of Bourbon-Parma as the daughter of Philip, Duke of Parma.[5] She became an archduchess of Austria and crown princess of Bohemia and Hungary in 1760 by her marriage to Archduke Joseph of Austria, the future Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.[6]
Although her husband loved her, she did not fully return his feelings and found more fulfillment in her (likely romantic, possibly sexual) relationship with her sister-in-law, Archduchess Maria Christina.[7] An austere and lonely childhood, the sudden loss of her unaffectionate but beloved mother, an unhappy arranged marriage, a court life that did not fit her,[7] and a difficult birth followed closely by two miscarriages and a fourth pregnancy all affected her mental health, leading to depression or bipolar disorder, to which she was likely genetically predisposed.[8][9] She died at the age of twenty-one from smallpox.[3]
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- ^ Badinter 2008, pp. 48, 134.
- ^ Badinter 2008, p. 13.
- ^ a b Falvai 2012, pp. 34–36.
- ^ Anderson 1996, p. 198.
- ^ Timms 2018.
- ^ Weissensteiner 1995, p. 66.
- ^ a b Falvai 2012, p. 15, 28.
- ^ Falvai 2012, p. 11.
- ^ Weissensteiner 1995, p. 72.