Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico

1832 - 1867  (34 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Maximilian I of Mexico
  Prefix	Emperor
  Birth	6 Jul 1832	Vienna
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jun 1867	Queretaro, Mexico
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  + 1. Kaiser Franz Joseph Karl von Österreich, I,   b. 18 Aug 1830, Schönbrunn,, Wien, Österreich d. 21 Nov 1916, Schönbrunn,, Wien, Österreich  (Age 86 years) ▻ Herzogin Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie von Bayern,  m. 24 Apr 1854 ;   Katharina Schratt + 2. Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico,   b. 6 Jul 1832, Vienna d. 19 Jun 1867, Queretaro, Mexico  (Age 34 years) ▻ Princess Carlota Amelie von Sachsen-Coburg,  m. 27 Jul 1857 ;   Concepción Sedano y Leguizano + 3. Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria von Österreich,   b. 30 Jul 1833, Schönbrunn,, Wien, Österreich d. 19 May 1896, Schönbrunn,, Wien, Österreich  (Age 62 years) ▻ Prinzessin Margaretha Caroline Friederike Cecilie Auguste Amalie Josephine Elisabeth Maria Johanna von Sachsen,  m. 4 Nov 1856 ;   Maria Annunziata Isabella Filomela Sabazia de Bourbon-Sicilie,  m. 21 Oct 1862 ;   Maria Theresia Immakulata Ferdinande Eulalia Leopoldine de Bourbon,  m. 23 Jul 1873   4. Maria Anna von Österreich,   b. 27 Oct 1835, Schönbrunn,, Wien, Österreich d. 5 Feb 1840, Wien, Österreich  (Age 4 years)   5. NN von Österreich,   b. 24 Oct 1840, Schönbrunn,, Wien, Österreich d. 24 Oct 1840, Schönbrunn,, Wien, Österreich  (Age 0 years)   6. Ludwig Joseph Anton Viktor von Österreich,   b. 15 May 1842, Schönbrunn,, Wien, Österreich d. 18 Jan 1919, Schloss Kleßheim  (Age 76 years)
  Person ID	I6277	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Father	Erzherzog Franz Karl Josef von Österreich,   b. 7 Dec 1802, Vienna d. 8 Mar 1878, Vienna (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Prinzessin Sophie Friederike Dorothee Wilhelmine von Bayern,   b. 27 Jan 1805, München, Bayern, Deutschland d. 28 May 1872, Wien, Österreich (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1824	Wien, Österreich
  Family ID	F2802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Princess Carlota Amelie von Sachsen-Coburg,   b. 7 Jun 1840, Laeken, Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België d. 19 Jan 1927, Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1857	Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België
  Family ID	F2805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Family 2	Concepción Sedano y Leguizano   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. NN of Mexico   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F35599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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  Kaiserlicher Prinz und Erzherzog von Österreich, Königlicher Prinz von Ungarn und Böhmen, Ritter des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies (Österreich) - 1852, Kaiser von Mexico [I] (Imperador do Mexico) [1864-1867] At 10 o'clock on June 10th, 1867, the last Emperor of Mexico extinguished the light in his small chamber in the convent of the Capucines in the town of Queretaro and went to bed. The tiny room had little ventilation and the air was close, almost suffocating. Maximilian was far from home. He had been born in Austria, the brother of the Austrian Emperor, Franz Josef. He was 35, fair haired with blue eyes and a flamboyant set of bushy sideburns. He had come to Mexico in 1864, just a little over three years before with his beautiful wife, Carlota, to rule over a new world Empire. This night was to be his last. The next morning he and two other men were led up to the top of a hill top square. Seven uniformed men armed with rifles lined up; To each the Emperor handed an ounce of gold and he asked them to take good aim for his heart and make a clean death. He asked that the men not deface him, so his mother, the Archduchess, could see him once more in his coffin. They say he pinned a scarlet piece of cloth to his white pleated shirt to mark the spot where the marksmen should take aim. He was wearing black civilian clothes; all signs of his Imperial office were gone. Maximilian was incredibly calm as he faced his executioners. "I forgive everybody. I pray that everybody may also forgive me, and my blood which is about to be shed will bring peace to Mexico. Long live Mexico! Long Live Independence!, he shouted in Spanish - the last words of the Austrian Archduke now so far from Vienna.