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 I.
Maria Amalia and her husband, Ferdinand I
Maria Amalia as duchess of Parma on a portrait by Alexander Roslin
Maria Amalia as Diana on Carlo Angelo dal Verme's portrait, currently displayed at the Galleria nazionale di Parma
Louis I was the first of the two kings of Etruria. Louis was the son of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and Maria Amalia of Austria. He was born in 1773, when his great-grandfather, King Louis XV of France, was still alive.