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This week we meet France's second Empress of the First Empire, Austrian Archduchess Marie Louise. At only 18 years old, she marries her father's enemy, the now 40 year old Napoleon Bonaparte, in hopes of securing an heir to his throne and legitimizing himself as a monarch of Europe. While things start out well for the new couple, an old problem reemerges changing everything.
By Jennifer GulbrandsenThis week we meet France's second Empress of the First Empire, Austrian Archduchess Marie Louise. At only 18 years old, she marries her father's enemy, the now 40 year old Napoleon Bonaparte, in hopes of securing an heir to his throne and legitimizing himself as a monarch of Europe. While things start out well for the new couple, an old problem reemerges changing everything.