CHARLOTTE, EMPRESS OF MEXICO

Carlota, Empress of Mexico

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The only daughter of Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865) by his second wife, Louise d'Orléans, princess of France (1812–1850), Charlotte was born at Laeken Palace in Brussels, Belgium, as Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Princess of Belgium. She was named after her father's first wife, Princess Charlotte of Wales. The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha took its name from the tiny German duchy that was the homeland of Charlotte's father, Belgium's first king. Charlotte was a first cousin to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Albert. Léopold I, first King of the Belgians, (December 16, 1790 - December 10, 1865), was born in Ehrenburg Castle in the Bavarian town of Coburg, and named Leopold Georg Christian Friedrich (Léopold Georges Chrétien Frédéric in French, Leopold Georg Christiaan Frederik in Dutch). ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Laeken (French: Laeken, Dutch: Laken) is a residential suburb in north-east Brussels, Belgium. ... Saxe-Coburg-Gotha or Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) was once the name given to the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which were in personal union between 1826 and 1918. ... Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (January 7, 1796 – November 6, 1817) was the only child of the ill-fated marriage between George IV (at that time the Prince of Wales) and Caroline of Brunswick. ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

On July 27, 1857, Charlotte married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, the idealistic younger brother of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria. The couple spent several peaceful years as provincial governors of certain areas in present day Italy, which were then under the rule of Austria. July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Portrait of Maximilian I, circa 1857-1867. ... Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph (in English also Francis Joseph) (August 18, 1830 - November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. ...

After Napoleon III of France initiated the French intervention in Mexico, Maximilian accepted the Mexican crown and the couple sailed for the New World. They chose as their seat Mexico City, making their home at the Castle of Chapultepec, a neo-Gothic fantasy built on a hilltop at the edge of the city. (There was a story related to their first visit to Chapultepec, apparently written by Charlotte, that there was lice everywhere in the palace.) Charlotte became known as Carlota (Spanish for Charlotte). Carlota took her duties as Empress of Mexico seriously, and even undertook a tour of the remote Yucatán frontier, visiting the ruins of Uxmal. Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ... Emperor Maximilian Napoleon III of France Juárez, republican leader and President The French intervention in Mexico was an invasion of Mexico by the army of the Second French Empire, and supported in the beginning by the British and Spanish. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... Chapultepec (Grasshopper Hill in the Nahuatl language) is a large hill on the outskirts of central Mexico City with much significance in Mexican history. ... Yucatán is the name of one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. ... Panorama of Uxmal Uxmal is a large Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. ...

Napoleon III soon found it expedient to abandon Maximilian and withdrew his troops from Mexico. Carlota then travelled to Europe, seeking assistance for her husband in Paris and Vienna and finally in Rome from Pope Pius IX. Her efforts failed; she suffered a profound emotional collapse and never went back to Mexico (it is thought that due to her husband's love affairs with other women she contracted venereal disease, and thereby her mental capacities began to detiorate rapidly). After the Mexicans executed her husband in 1867, Carlota's mental state well nigh failed. Her brother Philippe, Count of Flanders, placed her in the hands of doctors who promptly declared her insane. She spent the rest of her life in seclusion, first at Miramar Castle near Trieste, Italy, and then at the Château de Bouchout in Meise, Belgium. Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ... Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... The pope is the Patriarch of the West and Bishop of Rome, and leader of the Catholic Church. ... The Blessed Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, ( May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878) was pope for a record pontificate of over 31 years, from June 16, 1846 until his death. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the Belgian region Flanders and the eponymous historical region of the Low Countries. ... Miramare Castle The Miramare Castle (Castello di Miramare; Schloss Miramar) is a 19th century castle, built for Austrian Archduke Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, on the Gulf of Trieste near Trieste, NE Italy. ... Location within Italy Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Italian Trieste,German and Friulian Triest, Slovenian and Croatian Trst, ) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001). ... Meise is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. ...

Carlota died in Meise on January 19, 1927. Some say she believed herself still to be the empress of the Mexicans, living in Mexico City. Meise is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Carlota and Maximilian had no children, but in 1865 the imperial couple adopted Agustín de Iturbide y Green and Salvador de Iturbide y Marzan – grandsons of Agustín de Iturbide y Arámburu, an earlier emperor of Mexico (r. 1822-23). They gave two-year-old Agustín the title of "His Imperial Highness, The Prince of Iturbide" —similar imperial titles were accorded to various members of the child's extended family—and intended to groom him as heir to the throne. The explosive events of 1867, however, dashed such hopes, and after he grew to adulthood, Agustín renounced all rights to the defunct Mexican throne, served in the Mexican army, and eventually established himself as a university professor in Washington, D.C. Agustín de Iturbide y Green (April 2, 1863 – March 3, 1925) was the grandson of Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor of independent Mexico. ... Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu (September 27, 1783 – July 19, 1824) was Emperor of Mexico from 1822 to 1823. ... Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ...

Some have made the claim that Carlota had an illegitimate child by Alfred, Baron Van Der Smissens, a Belgian colonel, giving birth at Brussels on January 21, 1867. (This birthdate would indicate that the empress was pregnant when she sailed to Europe in support of her embattled husband.) According to some sources this child grew up to be General (Louis) Maxime Weygand (1867-1965). Weygand refused to confirm or deny the persistent rumor and his parentage remains uncertain. Some sources identify his mother as an unknown Polish woman and his father as either Léopold II of Belgium – (Carlota's brother) – or Maximilian. However, André Castelot, a Belgian historian, believed beyond doubt that Van Der Smissens was indeed the father of General Weygand, but could not offer any viable proof. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... King Léopold II His Majesty King Léopold II of the Belgians (Louis Philippe Marie Victor) (April 9, 1835–December 17, 1909), succeeded his father, Léopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865 and remained king until his death. ...

External links

• Imperial House of Mexico
• Find-A-Grave profile for Carlotta Empress of Mexico