Ferdinand I of Parma
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Ferdinand I was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from his father's death on 18 July 1765 until he ceded the duchy to France by the Treaty of Aranjuez on 20 March 1801. He was a member of the Hous
Portrait by Johan Zoffany, 1779
Louise-Élisabeth and her son Ferdinand (portrait by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1788)
A portrait of Ferdinand (c. 1765–69). The portrait is formally attributed to Giuseppe Baldrighi, however, it was painted by Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari
Maria Amalia was duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla by marriage to Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma. She was born an archduchess of Austria as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis
Ferdinand I of Parma
…Ferdinand's reign when he lost his father in 1765 at age 14. Negotiations and ideas were passed from Vienna to Parma, and in 1769 Ferdinand was to marry Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria; the eighth child of the Empress, and elder sister of the Queen of Naples and Sicily, and also of the future Queen of France. They had been married by…
Maria Amalia, probably by Martin van Meytens; 1760s
Maria Amalia aged ~4 (portrait by Martin van Meytens and workshop, c. 1750)
Maria Amalia and her husband, Ferdinand I
Maria Amalia as duchess of Parma on a portrait by Alexander Roslin