Miguel Miramón
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Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo, known as Miguel Miramón, was a Mexican conservative general who disputed the Mexican presidency with Benito Juárez at the age of 27 during the Re
Ritratto del generale don Miguel de Miramon, 1867 T.Sanchez Museo Bottacin, in Palazzo Zuckermann
Tomás Mejía
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José Tomás de la Luz Mejía Camacho, better known as Tomás Mejía, was a Mexican soldier of Otomi background, who consistently sided with the Conservative Party throughout its nineteenth century conflic
Miguel Miramón
…to Mexico, and joined Maximilian until the fall of the Second Mexican Empire in May 1867. The restored Mexican government had Miramón, Maximilian and Tomás Mejía court martialed and sentenced to death. They were shot on 19 June 1867. Miramón was born in Mexico City on 29 September 1831, into a very traditional…
Tomás Mejía c. 1865
The outskirts of Querétaro at the time of Mejía's revolt
The Sierra Gorda
Mejía (right) in a set of cameo portraits portraying the monarchs and the leading generals of the Second Mexican Empire.