Carlota of Mexico
Empress consort of Mexico (1863-1867)
- Fame57.8
- Momentum0.7
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- Fame57.8
- Momentum0.7
- Business Professionals rank#243
- Wikipedia35K
Lived 1840–1927, aged 87
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A Belgian princess who talked her husband into becoming Emperor of Mexico, then watched the whole thing collapse — Napoleon pulled support, her mind broke in Rome, and she spent the last sixty years of her life confined to castles, unaware Maximilian had been executed.
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Born Charlotte of Belgium on 7 June 1840, she married Archduke Maximilian of Austria in 1857 and became Archduchess, glad to escape feuds with Empress Elisabeth in Vienna when Maximilian was posted as Viceroy of Lombardy–Venetia. When Napoleon III tapped Maximilian as figurehead for a French-backed empire in Mexico, she overcame her husband's doubts and they arrived in Mexico City in 1864, where she ruled as regent during his absences — the first woman to govern in the Americas. The reign lasted barely three years; when Napoleon III withdrew French military support, she sailed to Europe in Aug…
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