Maximilian I of Mexico
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Maximilian I was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Restored Republic of Mexico on 19 June 1867.
Formal portrait, c. 1864
Maximilian as a boy, 1847, by Joseph Karl Stieler
Maximilian in uniform, painted in 1853
Maria Amélia of Brazil by Friedrich Dürck, painted between 1837 and 1839
Charlotte of Belgium
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Charlotte of Belgium, also known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota of Mexico, was by birth a Belgian princess and a member of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As the wife of Maximilian of Austria, she
Maximilian I of Mexico
…Tournai, Kortrijk, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, and Charleroi. In Brussels, Maximilian met the only daughter of the king and the late queen Louise of Orleans, Charlotte of Belgium, and romance blossomed. Leopold I, upon becoming aware of the couple's feelings advised Maximilian to propose. From the Belgian viewpoint, the marriage…
Charlotte c. 1864
Charlotte as a young girl, portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1842.
Charlotte in 1848 (portrait by Hermann Winterhalter)
Leopold I of Belgium and his family, by Charles Baugniet, c. 1850.