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The Mexican Empire (Spanish: Imperio Mexicano, pronounced [imˈpeɾjo mexiˈkano] ⓘ) was a constitutional monarchy and the first independent government of Mexico. It was also the only former viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire to establish a monarchy after gaining independence .
The Emperor of Mexico (Spanish: Emperador de México) was the head of state and head of government of Mexico on two non-consecutive occasions during the 19th century. With the Mexican Declaration of Independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico briefly became an independent monarchy – the First Mexican Empire .
The Crown encouraged education: Mexico boasts the first primary school (Texcoco, 1523), the first university, the University of Mexico (1551), and the first printing press (1524) of the Americas. Indigenous languages were studied mainly by religious orders during the first centuries and became official languages in the so-called Republic of ...
The Willys Jeep CJ-2A, the first vehicle produced by the company in 1946, when it was known as Willys Mexicana. Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos was established as its own company in 1963, after the Mexican Government passed a law to control the privately owned Sociedad Mexicana de Credito Industrial (SOMEX), the parent company of Willys Mexicana S.A. (which was established in 1946 as a local ...
José Joaquín arrived in New Spain with the same objective as many of the Spaniards who resided in Spanish America and who came with the desire to make a fortune. So when arriving in New Spain with his relative Pedro Antonio de Iturbide, he went to Zacatecas, meanwhile José Joaquín went to Valladolid, where he met his paternal uncle, the canon Arregui between 1760 and 1766, who does it ...
The first was created upon the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from the kingdom of Spain in 1821, for the First Mexican Empire. The second crown was created upon the decree of the Assembly of Notables in 1863 for the Second Mexican Empire. Flag of the First Mexican Empire (1821–1823) showing the Mexican crown.
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.
Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte (30 September 1807 – 11 December 1866) was the eldest son of the first Emperor of Mexico, Agustín I of Mexico.He was the heir apparent to the First Mexican Empire and a member of the Imperial House of Iturbide.