Grace King wrote in 1921 that the trip was Don Ramon's "military punishment", and that Delphine met the Queen, who was impressed by Delphine's beauty.
Joseph considered marrying Isabella's younger sister Maria Louisa (1751-1819); however, she was already engaged to the Spanish heir apparent and later King Charles IV (1748-1819).
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She was the youngest daughter of Duke Philip of Parma and his wife, Louise-Élisabeth of France, the eldest daughter of King Louis XV.
Parma | Rainer Maria Rilke | Carl Maria von Weber | Santa Maria | Maria Callas | Santa Maria Capua Vetere | Maria | Maria Theresa | Henrietta Maria of France | José María Aznar | Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma | Maria Muldaur | Maria Bethânia | Duchy of Parma | Carlo Maria Giulini | Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore | Ave Maria | Santa Maria, Bulacan | Parma F.C. | Maria Theresa of Austria | Maria Edgeworth | Maria Montessori | María Conchita Alonso | Erich Maria Remarque | Maria João | Maria Cantwell | Rainer Maria Latzke | Maria McKee | Santa María la Antigua del Darién | Santa Maria degli Angeli |
They were owned by Godoy, the Prime Minister of Spain and a favorite of the Queen, María Luisa.