Mexican nobility
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The Mexican nobility were a hereditary nobility of Mexico, with specific privileges and obligations determined in the various political systems that historically ruled over the territory of Mexico.
A deputation of many members of the Mexican nobility, presenting the throne of the Mexican Empire to the future Maximilian I of Mexico in 1863. He was a descendant of prior Habsburg rulers of New Spain (Mexico).
Depiction of Weyi Tlahtoani, or Emperor Moctezuma II of the Mexica
The "Lienzo de Tlaxcala" was commissioned by Tlaxcaltec rulers to demand the recognition of their privileges by the new regime.
Portrait of Don Juan Ixtolinque, Lord of Coyoacán under Spanish rule.
Agustín de Iturbide
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Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu, commonly known as Agustín de Iturbide and later by his regnal name Agustín I, was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as the first Emperor of
Mexican nobility
…to form an insurrection against the Napoleonic control over Spain and its Empire. Nevertheless, other members of the nobility, like the future Emperor Agustín de Iturbide, Ignacio de Elizondo, the Count of Casa Rul, amongst others, led the resistance against the former insurrectionists. When the Spanish resistance to…
Portrait by Primitivo Miranda, 1865
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Embrace of Acatempan, between Iturbide (left) and Guerrero (right), by Ramón Sagredo
Oil portrait of Agustín de Iturbide.