Editing Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (section)

===Resumption of war===
In May 1812, a month before the [[French invasion of Russia]], Marie Louise accompanied Napoleon to [[Dresden, Germany|Dresden]], where she met her father and stepmother.<ref name="dsa145">de Saint-Amand, p. 145</ref> Emperor Francis told Napoleon he could count on Austria for the "triumph of the common cause", a reference to the impending war.<ref name="dsa145"/> A minor rivalry began to develop between Marie Louise and the Empress of Austria, who was jealous at being upstaged in appearance by her stepdaughter.<ref name="dsa148">de Saint-Amand, p. 148</ref> It was also in Dresden where she met [[Adam Albert von Neipperg|Count Adam Albert von Neipperg]] for the first time.<ref name="dsa154">de Saint-Amand, p. 154</ref> Napoleon left Dresden on 29 May to take charge of his army.<ref name="dsa155">de Saint-Amand, p. 155</ref>

Marie Louise then travelled to [[Prague]], where she spent a few weeks with the Austrian Imperial family, before returning to Saint Cloud on 18 July.<ref name="dsa159">de Saint-Amand, p. 159</ref> She kept in touch with Napoleon throughout the war.<ref>Chastenet, p. 202–214</ref> The invasion of Russia ended disastrously for France. More than half of the ''[[Grande Armée]]'' was destroyed by the [[Russian Winter]] and [[guerrilla]] attacks. After the failed [[Malet coup of 1812|Malet coup of October 1812]], Napoleon hastened his return to France and reunited with his wife on the night of 18 December.<ref>Chastenet, p. 235</ref>