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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 Mexican congress confirmed Agustín I 's title of Constitutional Emperor of Mexico .
From this palace's balcony, Iturbide accepted the offer to be Mexico's first emperor after independence from Spain. During his reign (1821–1823), he lived here, using the house as the royal palace. [2] After the Conquest, the site had been part of land granted by the Spanish Crown to Gonzalo Juárez de Córdoba. [3]
Portrait of Empress Carlota of Mexico, 1865, which hangs in Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City. She had many ladies-in-waiting from the Mexican nobility. Contrary to his supporters expectations, the new emperor was a profound liberal, who did little to reinforce the powers of the conservatives, the Catholic Church , or the ancient Mexican nobility ...
Toggle Empress consort of Mexico subsection. 1.1 House of Iturbide, 1822–1823. 1.2 House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1864–1867. 2 See also. 3 External links.
Iturbide was the son of Emperor Agustin's second son, Prince Don Ángel María de Iturbide y Huarte (2 October 1816 – 21 July 1872). His mother was Alice Green (c. 1836 –1892), daughter of Captain John Nathaniel Green, [citation needed] granddaughter of United States congressman and Revolutionary War General Uriah Forrest, and great-granddaughter of George Plater, Governor of Maryland.
The new imperial family moved into the Palace of Iturbide in Mexico City, where Agustín de Iturbide had lived before, when he was the President of the Regency. [8] Agustín de Iturbide was deposed on 19 March 1823 in the Plan of Casa Mata, initiated by the two generals Antonio López de Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria.
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María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide (29 February 1872 – November 1949) was the head of the Imperial House of Mexico from 1925 to 1949. A modest and very religious lady, she played no political role whatsoever. She married twice and had two daughters.