

María Luisa Isabel died four-five months later. Maria Isabel gave birth to a daughter, who they named María Luisa Isabel, on 21 August 1817. There, Maria Isabel was then quickly pregnant. Towards the end 1816 Maria Isabel and Ferdinand were married, and then settled in Madrid. Portrait of Maria Isabel by Vicente López Portaña, attributed to Bernardo López y Pique (1829) Ferdinand was 32 years old and Maria Isabel was 19.

On 22 February 1816 marriage contracts between Ferdinand VII of Spain and Maria Isabel were officially signed they would soon marry 29 September 1816. Due to this, Maria Isabel’s father John became the King of Portugal and Brazil.

On 20 March 1816, Queen Maria I of Portugal perished. Maria Isabel was noted to be kind, balanced and shy, and was much like her father within her personality. Maria Isabel and her siblings were carefully educated by her mother liberally. Upon their arrival, Carlota and her children were forced to shave their heads and wear white muslin hats. Maria Isabel’s mother Carlota sent her eldest surviving son, Pedro, to join his father and grandmother onboard the ship Principe Real whilst Carlota and the rest of her children would board the Affonso d’Albuquerque. In 1807 Napoleon invaded Portugal, and the royal family unwillingly fled to Brazil. The marriage between her father and mother was unhappy, Carlota Joaquina attempting to have King John VI deemed insane. She was born as their third child and second daughter. Maria Isabel, born Maria Isabel Francisca de Assis Antónia Carlota Joana Josefa Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Isabel Gonzaga, was born to John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain on.
