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BIRTH
Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph was born on July 6, 1832 in Viena Austria. -
CHILDOOH LEARNING.
Maximilian managed the German, English and French languages, in addition to learning languages used in the Habsburg empire Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian. Maximilian studied piano, modeling, history, law, philosophy. At the age of 13 his brother and he toured the Italian provinces beloging to Austria in the company of Marshal Radetzky. -
FIRST CHARGES.
In October 1859 he was appointed lieutenant of the navy, before making a trip aboard the Novara in the summer of 1851.
Years later, in Septermber 1854 , he was appointed Commandander-in-Chief of the Austrian Navy and promoted to Rear Admiral, wich helped him find his way:the pleasure of traveling , going to destinations such as Palestine or Egypt. -
IT IS TIME TO FALL IN LOVE.
In May 1856, Francisco Jose asked Maximilian , before returning to Vienna , to stop in Brussels to visit the king of the Belgians Leopold I. On May 30 1856, Maximilian arrived in Belgium where he was received by Philip, Count of Flandes, youngest son of king Leopoldo In Brussels Maximilian met the king’s 16 year old daughter., princess Carlota who quicky fell under his spell.On July 27, 1857 Maximilian married princess Carlota of Belgium. -
EMPEROR OF MÉXICO.
In Francés the imperialist ambitions of Napoleon III led him to intervene in Mexican politics resulting in , on April 10, 1864, in the throne room of Miramar, Maximilian officially became Emperor of Mexico, deceived by many Mexican conservaties including General Juan Nepornuceno Almonte, who assured him massive popular support -
A GOOD EMPEROR.
Maximilian arrived in Mexico on May 28, 1864 upon his arrival Maximilian began to build museums and tried to preserve Mexican culture , this remains as one of the great contributions as emperor.The emperatriz Carlota began to organize parties for the Mexican charity in order to obtain funds for the poor houses. Maximilian promoted Mexican food, liberal laws, tried to learn the Mexican language, support the indigenous people. -
BAD TREATMENTS.
Due to support for liberalist ideas , under the Monroe EE.UU he continued to support the republican insurgees of Benito Juarez, whom Emperor Maximilian failed to defeat in the long term, to this was added the withdrawals of the French army from Mexico . His wife, emperatriz Carlota returned to Europe to try to obtain for the benefit of her husband a support from Napoleon III , but no avail. -
DEAD OF THE BEST MEXICAN EMPEROR.
The second Mexican Empire managed to win the recognition of several European powers, including France, England , Spain, Belgium, Austria and Prusia. Defeat in Queretaro , Maximilian was chased, tried and executed on July 19 , 1867 by the insurgents , who restored the Mexican Republic, -
AN EXTRA RECOGNITION.
I want to use this section to express my admiration for Emperor Maximilian , personally I believe that Mexicans and myself do not give relevance , nor do we highlight this character who did very great things with the Mexican nation that really supported and loved our nation , which died to do good things.
