Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (26 February 1746-18 June 1804) was the Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla from 19 July 1769 to 9 October 1802 as the wife of Duke Ferdinand of Parma.
Biography[]
Maria Amalia was born in Vienna, Austria in 1746, the eighth child of Emperor Franz I of Germany and Empress Maria Theresa. Against her will, she was married to Ferdinand of Parma, and she left Austria for Parma in 1769. She detested France after the execution of her sister Marie Antoinette in 1793, and the French Republic occupied Parma in 1796 during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1802, the French Empire annexed Parma, expelling Maria Amalia; Ferdinand was allegedly poisoned. She died in Prague, Bohemia in 1804.