Charlotte of Belgium/Carlota Empress of Mexico
Empress of Mexico
Titles	HIM Empress Charlotte of Mexico (1867-1927) HIM The Empress of Mexico (1864-1867) HI&RH Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1857-1864) HRH Princess Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1857)
Born	June 7, 1840(1840-06-07)
	Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Died	January 19, 1927 (aged 86)
	Meise
Consort	April 10, 1864 - June 19, 1867
Consort to	Maximilian I of Mexico
Royal House	House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father	Leopold I of Belgium
Mother	Louise-Marie of France

Charlotte of Belgium (Princess Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine of Belgium), (June 7, 1840–January 19, 1927) as Charlotte (or Carlota), Empress of Mexico was the consort of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 478 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1112 × 1393 pixel, file size: 244 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://de. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Laeken (French: Laeken, Dutch: Laken) is a residential suburb in north-east Brussels, Belgium. ... For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Geography Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region Flemish Region Province Flemish Brabant Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde Coordinates , , Area 34. ... is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico (Emperador Maximiliano I de México) (July 6, 1832 – June 19, 1867) (born Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph) was a member of Austrias Imperial Habsburg-Lorraine family. ... Capitals Coburg and Gotha Head of State Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria... Leopold I of the Belgians (Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) (b. ... Louise-Marie, Queen of the Belgians (Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle dOrléans) - fille de France, and Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Leopold I. Born in Palermo, Sicily on April 3, 1812, she was the eldest daughter of the future King Louis-Phillippe... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico (Emperador Maximiliano I de México) (July 6, 1832 – June 19, 1867) (born Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph) was a member of Austrias Imperial Habsburg-Lorraine family. ...

Princess of Belgium

The first Belgian Royal Family, King Leopold I, Queen Louise-Marie, Crown Prince Leopold, Prince Philippe, and Princess Marie-Charlotte.

The only daughter of Léopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865) by his second wife, Louise-Marie, Princess of France (1812–1850), Charlotte was born at Laeken Palace in Brussels, Belgium. She was named after her father's first wife, Princess Charlotte of Wales, who had died during childbirth. Charlotte had three brothers: Leopold, who on the death of their father became Leopold II of Belgium; Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Louis-Philippe, who died in infancy. She was also a first cousin to both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Albert, as well as Ferdinand II of Portugal. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (876x754, 280 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Leopold I of Belgium Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (876x754, 280 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Leopold I of Belgium Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... 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). ... Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Louise-Marie, Queen of the Belgians (Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle dOrléans) - fille de France, and Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Leopold I. Born in Palermo, Sicily on April 3, 1812, she was the eldest daughter of the future King Louis-Phillippe... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Orleanist. ... For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Laeken (French: Laeken, Dutch: Laken) is a residential suburb in north-east Brussels, Belgium. ... Engraving from a portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, in the National Portrait Gallery, attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence 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... Leopold II (Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor (French) or Leopold Lodewijk Filips Marie Victor (Dutch) (April 9, 1835 – December 17, 1909) was King of the Belgians. ... Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Maire Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges, Count of Flanders (24 March 1837-17 November 1905) was the third son of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his wife Louise Marie dOrleans (1812-1850). ... The counts of Flanders ruled over the county of Flanders from the 9th century. ... Queen Victoria redirects here. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (in full Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel) (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (October 29, 1816 - December 15, 1885) was king consort to Maria II of Portugal from their marriage in 1836 to her death in 1853. ...

Her favorite grandparent Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, Queen of France, was the consort of Louis-Philippe of France, and a niece of Marie Antoinette. Maria Amalia was Charlotte's close confidante, and on her wedding day in 1857, she wore a bracelet with a miniature portrait of her. They regularly corresponded, especially later while Charlotte was in Mexico. Maria Amalia, 1842 (roughly age 60) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. ... Louis-Philippe of France (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. ... Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria (born November 1755 – executed 16 October 1793) Daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria, wife of Louis XVI and mother of Louis XVII. She was guillotined at the height of the French Revolution. ...

When Charlotte was ten years old, her mother, Louise-Marie, died of tuberculosis and Charlotte was entrusted to the Countess of Hulste, a close family friend. Although young, the princess had her own household; but for a few weeks out of the year, Charlotte stayed in Claremont with Maria Amalia and the rest of her mother's family in exile. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or Tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... Claremont is an 18th-century Palladian mansion situated less than a mile south of Esher in Surrey, United Kingdom. ...

She belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which took its name from the tiny German duchy that was the homeland of her father, Belgium's first king. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Archduchess of Austria

Photo of young Archduke Maximilian and Archduchess Charlotte

On July 27, 1857, Charlotte married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, the idealistic younger brother of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria.In the Court of Vienna she was much prized by her mother-in-law, who saw in her the perfect example of a wife to an Austrian Archduke. Charlotte disliked Empress Elizabeth (also known as Sissi, Franz Josef´s wife). It´s said that the archduchess disliked the deep connection there was between the empress and Maximilian, who were confidents and shared the same tastes for many things, specially because her sister-in-law was universaly admired for her beauty and charms. Charlotte spent several relatively happy years in Italy as Maximilian's wife while the archduke served as governor of the provinces of Lombardy and Venetia. Although Lombardy and Venetia were then under the rule of the Austrian Empire, neither Maximilian nor Charlotte held real power, and both were fatally eager for more challenging roles in life. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 449 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (859 × 1147 pixel, file size: 440 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) old photograph of the Emperor File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 449 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (859 × 1147 pixel, file size: 440 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) old photograph of the Emperor File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico (Emperador Maximiliano I de México) (July 6, 1832 – June 19, 1867) (born Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph) was a member of Austrias Imperial Habsburg-Lorraine family. ... Franz Joseph I (in Hungarian I. Ferenc József, in English Francis Joseph I) (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and a German prince (Deutscher Fürst). ... Wien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria. ... The name Sissi may refer to: Elisabeth of Bavaria Sissi (model), a Cuban model Sissi (finnish guerillasoldier) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For the village of the same name in Ontario, Canada, see Lombardy, Ontario. ... Venetia is a name used mostly in a historical context for the area of north-eastern Italy formerly under the control of the Republic of Venice and corresponding approximately to the present-day Italian administrative regions of the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. ... Anthem Volkshymne (Peoples Anthem) The Austrian Empire Capital Vienna Language(s) German Hungarian Romanian Czech Slovakian Slovenian Croatian Serbian Italian Polish Ruthenian Religion Roman Catholic Government Monarchy History  - Established 1804  - Ausgleich 1867 The Crown of the Austrian Emperor The Austrian Empire (German: ) was a modern era successor empire founded...

Empress of Mexico

Maximilian and Carlota made plans to be crowned in 1864 at La Catedral Metropolitana in Mexico City.

In the early 1860s, the ambitious Napoleon III of France initiated the French intervention in Mexico. France, eager to turn Mexico into a satellite state, searched for a suitable figurehead to serve as the nominal emperor of Mexico. Maximilian accepted the Mexican crown and the couple sailed for the New World. The imperial couple chose as their seat Mexico City, making their home in the neo-Gothic fantasy castle of Chapultepec. As Empress, Charlotte took the name of Carlota (Spanish for Charlotte). Carlota tried to take her imperial duties seriously, and even undertook a tour of the remote Yucatán frontier, visiting the ruins of Uxmal. Image File history File linksMetadata Catedral_de_México. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Catedral_de_México. ... The Catedral Metropolitana, is the oldest in the American continent. ... Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México, D.F. or simply México) is the capital city of Mexico. ... 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. ... Combatants Second Mexican Empire Second French Empire United Kingdom Spain Austria-Hungary Belgium Republic of Mexico Strength 38,493 French soldiers, 7000 Austro-Hungarian volunteers, 2000 Belgian volunteers ~80,000 Casualties 6,654 French killed and wounded 12,000 Mexican killed and wounded Emperor Maximilian Napoleon III of France Ju... Satellite state or client state is a political term that refers to a country which is formally independent but which is primarily subject to the domination of another, larger power. ... Forecastle with figurehead Grand Turk Figurehead is a carved wooden decoration, often female or bestiary, found at the prow of ships of the 16th to the 19th century. ... Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México, D.F. or simply México) is the capital city of Mexico. ... Aerial view of the Chapultepec Castle and the Monument of the Heroic Cadets. ... Location within Mexico Country Capital Municipalities 106 Government  - Governor Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PRI  - Federal Deputies PAN: 4 PRI: 1  - Federal Senators Hugo Laviada (PAN) Alfredo Rodríguez (PAN) Cleominio Zoreda (PRI) Area Ranked 20th  - State 38,402 km²  (14,827. ... Panorama of Uxmal Uxmal (, ) is a large Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. ...

Only months after their arrival, however, Napoleon III began signaling his abandonment of Maximilian, and the French began to withdraw their troops from Mexico. This strategic pullback was a potentially fatal blow to the infant Mexican monarchy. The situation was exacerbated by a United States blockade that prevented French reinforcements from landing. In a desperate attempt to save her husband's throne, Charlotte returned to Europe, seeking assistance for her husband in Paris, Vienna, and finally in Rome from Pope Pius IX. Her efforts failed; she manifested symptoms of paranoia, suffered a profound cognitive and emotional collapse, and never returned to Mexico. This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Pope (from Latin... 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. ... For other senses of this word, see paranoia (disambiguation). ...

The empress dowager

Portrait of Empress Carlota of Mexico by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1864)

President Benito Juarez of the Republic of Mexico oversaw the execution of Maximilian in 1867. (His last words were reportedly of his absent wife: "Poor Carlota!" [1]). The empire had collapsed after only three years. Carlota's mental state continued to be poor. Her brother Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, had her examined by alienists, who pronounced her insane. She spent the rest of her life in seclusion, first at Miramar Castle near Trieste, Italy, and then at the Castle of Bouchout in Meise, Belgium. During World War I, her Belgian estate was surrounded by the occupying German army, but the estate itself was sacrosanct because Austria was one of Germany's chief allies and she was the widowed sister-in-law of the Austrian emperor. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 421 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (826 × 1177 pixel, file size: 232 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) English / Español Title / título: Portrait of Charlotte of Belgium (retrato de Carlota de México) Date / fecha: 1864. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 421 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (826 × 1177 pixel, file size: 232 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) English / Español Title / título: Portrait of Charlotte of Belgium (retrato de Carlota de México) Date / fecha: 1864. ... The Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting Franz Winterhalter was a famous Victorian, German speaking artist. ... Benito Ju rez (March 21, 1806 - July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Indian who served two terms (1861-1863 and 1867-1872) as President of Mexico. ... Motto: none Anthem: Mexicanos, al grito de guerra Capital Mexico City Largest city Mexico City Official language(s) Spanish Government  â€¢ President Federal Republic Vicente Fox Quesada Independence  â€¢ Declared  â€¢ Recognized From Spain September 16, 1810 September 27, 1821 Area  - Total  - Water (%)   1,964,375 km² (13th) 2. ... Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Maire Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges, Count of Flanders (24 March 1837-17 November 1905) was the third son of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his wife Louise Marie dOrleans (1812-1850). ... For other uses, see Flanders (disambiguation). ... Alienist was a somewhat derogatory and now obselete term for a psychiatrist or psychologist. ... Miramare Castle The Miramare Castle (Italian: Castello di Miramare; German: 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, northeastern Italy. ... For other uses, see Trieste (disambiguation). ... Geography Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region Flemish Region Province Flemish Brabant Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde Coordinates , , Area 34. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

As Charlotte's illness progressed, her paranoia faded. She remained deeply in love with her husband. After his death, she cherished all of the surviving possessions they had enjoyed in common. During the remainder of her life (1867-1927) she believed herself still to be the empress of the Mexicans. She further convinced herself that Maximilian was still alive and would soon return to her. It is said that she even slept with a small doll in her bed, whom she called "Max." ^{[citation needed]}

Charlotte died in Meise on January 19, 1927. Geography Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region Flemish Region Province Flemish Brabant Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde Coordinates , , Area 34. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Family

Carlota and Maximilian had no children, but in 1865 the imperial couple adopted Agustín de Iturbide y Green and Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán – 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 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 Mexican throne, served in the Mexican army, and eventually established himself as a professor at Georgetown University. Agustín de Iturbide y Green (April 2, 1863 – March 3, 1925) was the grandson of Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor of independent Mexico. ... Don Salvador of Iturbide (Mexico City 18 September 1849-Ajaccio, Corsica 26 February 1895) , son of His Highness Prince Salvador of Iturbide-Huarte and Her Highness, Princess Rosario of Marzán-Guisasola; Grandson of His Imperial Majesty, Austin I, by his grandmother, Empress Anna María, he was descendant of... Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu (September 27, 1783 – July 19, 1824) was Emperor of Mexico from 1822 to 1823. ... Georgetown University is an elite private research university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States. ...

Rumors persist that, in 1866, Charlotte was having an affair with Belgian officer Colonel Alfred van der Smissens and that she gave birth to a son, Maxime Weygand, in Brussels on January 21, 1867. Weygand refused to confirm or deny the persistent rumor and his parentage remains uncertain. Weygand was a French military commander in both World War I and II.¹ General Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand (January 21, 1867 - January 28, 1965) was a French military commander in both World War I and World War II. // Weygand was born in Brussels. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Ii can refer to: Ii, a municipality of Finland; iiNet, a major Australian ISP trading as simply ii; Illegal immigrant (especially in Hong Kong vernacular) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Ancestry

Leopold I of the Belgians (Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) (b. ... Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. ... Ernst Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. ... Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel was born in 1724 and died in 1802. ... Auguste Reuss of Ebersdorf as Artemisia, 1775, painted by Johann Heinrich Tischbein, sen. ... Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (b. ... Louise-Marie, Queen of the Belgians (Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle dOrléans) - fille de France, and Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Leopold I. Born in Palermo, Sicily on April 3, 1812, she was the eldest daughter of the future King Louis-Phillippe... Louis-Philippe of France (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. ... Louis-Philippe-Joseph dOrléans, by Antoine-François Callet Louis Philippe Joseph II, Duke of Orléans (April 13, 1747 – November 6, 1793), called Philippe Égalité, was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, the dynasty then ruling France. ... Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre (1753–1821), daughter and heiress of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre, grand admiral of France, was the richest heiress of her time. ... Maria Amalia, 1842 (roughly age 60) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. ... King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (January 12, 1751 - January 4, 1825). ... HM Queen Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily Her Majesty Queen Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily née Her Imperial & Royal Highness Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria (13 August 1752- 8 September 1814) was queen consort and de facto ruler of Naples from 1768 to 1799 and from 1799...

Popular culture

Bette Davis gave a portrayal of the tragic empress in the 1939 film Juarez. For the singer, see Betty Davis, for the meteorologist, see Betty Davis (meteorologist). ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Juarez is a 1939 film with Brian Aherne. ...

External links

• Biography of Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927)
• Imperial House of Mexico
• Find-A-Grave profile for Carlotta Empress of Mexico

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