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Maximilian I (Spanish: Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; German: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867.
Prince of the Union. Prince of Iturbide (Created by Maximilian on 16 September 1865) Dissolution. 1949 (in agnatic line; last male dynast died in 1925) The House of Iturbide (Spanish: Casa de Iturbide) is a former Imperial House of Mexico. It was founded by the Sovereign Mexican Constituent Congress on 22 June 1822 when the newly independent ...
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian is a series of paintings by Édouard Manet from 1867 to 1869, depicting the execution by firing squad of Emperor Maximilian I of the short-lived Second Mexican Empire. Manet produced three large oil paintings, a smaller oil sketch and a lithograph of the same subject. All five works were brought together for ...
Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. [ 1 ] She also appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery rhyme. [ 2 ] The character also appears in a pantomime tracing its roots to 1806.
[111] Maximilian and his wife Charlotte, now Empress of Mexico finally arrived in Mexico City on June 12, 1864. In July 1864, Commander in Chief Uraga was accused of corresponding with the French. In response, Juárez deposed him and replaced him with José María Arteaga , upon which Uraga defected to the French.
Mexico. The Second Mexican Empire (Spanish: Segundo Imperio mexicano; French: Second Empire mexicain), officially known as the Mexican Empire (Spanish: Imperio Mexicano), was a constitutional monarchy established in Mexico by Mexican monarchists with the support of the Second French Empire. This period is often referred to as the Second French ...
The Hill of Bells in its original state c.1885–1899, with the first monument to the execution of Emperor Maximilian and his generals. The Cerro de las Campanas ("Hill of the Bells") is a hill and national park located in Querétaro City, Mexico. It is most noteworthy as the place where Emperor Maximilian I and Generals Miguel Miramón and ...
The Disney Channel [1][2] Release. August 25, 1990. (1990-08-25) [3] –. 1993. (1993) Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories is a children's television show hosted by Mother Goose, who tells her three goslings the stories behind well-known nursery rhymes.