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.
Charlotte of Belgium
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Charlotte of Belgium, known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As the wife of Arc
Charlotte c. 1864
Charlotte as a young girl, portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1842.
Portrait of Charlotte of Belgium, Daughter of King Leopold I by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Leopold I of Belgium and his family, by Charles Baugniet, c. 1850.