Maximiliano y carlota biography

And yet, how they must have loved this land, these two lonely empurpled exiles, human beings finally, lovers out of their element – UTV, 14.

In 1864 the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph of Hapsburg was invited to the Mexican throne. Genuinely believing he had the backing of the Mexican people Maximilian accepted, and arrived in the New World with his young wife Marie Charlotte (Carlota). They found Mexico idyllic at first, but liberal forces led by Juárez continued guerilla war. In 1867 Maximilian was obliged to surrender, and despite international pleas for clemency Juárez had him shot.

"It is our destiny to come here, Carlotta." – UTV, 14.

After the death of Maximilian Carlota stayed on in Europe, living in the Mirimar Palace, south of Trieste, until her death in 1927. The personal life of the young couple was not happy, but Lowry has nevertheless used their story as an emblem of tragic love.

In this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napoléon's installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic and tragic story of this six-year-siege to life.
From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium—including forces from Crimea to Egypt—to subdue the regime of Mexico's Benito Juárez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the Confederacy would prevail and take over Mexico. With both sides distracted in the United States, this was their opportunity to gain territory in North America. In 1867, with aid from the United States, this movement came to a disastrous end both for the royals and for France—while ushering in a new era for Mexico.
In a bid to oust Juárez, Mexican conservati

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