Line of succession to the former Mexican throne
The First Mexican Empire, established in 1821, with Agustín de Iturbide proclaimed as Emperor in 1822, was abolished in 1823.[1]
In 1863, the Second Mexican Empire was established, with Maximilian I of Mexico being proclaimed Emperor in 1864. Maximilian, having no issue of his own, adopted as his heirs two of Agustín de Iturbide's grandsons: Agustín de Iturbide y Green and Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán. Upon the abolition of the Second Mexican Empire and the execution of Emperor Maximilian I in 1867, pretense to the Mexican Crown passed to the said adopted heirs.
The current pretender to the Mexican throne, in right of both the First and Second Empires, is Count Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide, great-grandson of Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán.[2][3]
List of claimants to the Mexican throne
Claimant | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death | Claim |
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Agustín I 1823–1824 (Constitutional Emperor of Mexico 1822–1823) |
27 September 1783, Valladolid son of José Joaquín de Iturbide and María Josefa de Arámburu |
Ana María Huarte 27 February 1805 10 children |
19 July 1824 Padilla aged 40 |
Proclaimed Constitutional Emperor of Mexico on May 19, 1822 [1][2] | |
Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte (Agustín II) 1824–1864 |
30 September 1807, Valladolid son of Agustín I and Ana María Huarte |
Unmarried | 11 December 1866 New York aged 59 |
Son of Agustín I, Voluntarily surrendered claim in favor of Maximiliano I [2] | |
Maximiliano I (Emperor of Mexico 1864–1867) |
6 July 1832, Vienna son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Princess Sophie of Bavaria |
Charlotte of Belgium 27 July 1857 No children |
19 June 1867 Querétaro City aged 34 |
Proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on June 10, 1864 | |
Agustín de Iturbide y Green (Agustín III) 1867–1925 |
2 April 1863, Mexico City son of Ángel de Iturbide y Huarte and Alice Green Forrest |
• Lucy Eleanor Jackson 1894 No children • Mary Louise Kearney 1915 No children |
3 March 1925 Washington, D.C. aged 61 |
Grandson of Agustín I, Adopted Son of Maximiliano I [2] | |
María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide (María I) 1925–1949 |
29 February 1872, Mikosdpuszta daughter of Salvador de Iturbide y Marzán and Baroness Gizella Mikos |
• Baron Johann Tunkl von Aschbrunn und Hohenstadt 12 March 1908 2 daughters • Charles de Carriere 14 April 1923 No children |
November 1949 Deva aged 77 |
Great Granddaughter of Agustín I, Adopted Granddaughter of Maximiliano I [2] | |
María Ana Tunkl-Iturbide (María II) 1949–1962 |
4 August 1909 Temesvár daughter of María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide and Johann Tunkl von Aschbrunn und Hohenstadt |
No children | 1962 aged 52 or 53 |
Daughter of María I [2] | |
María Gisela Tunkl-Iturbide (María III) 1962–1981 |
2 October 1912 Temesvár daughter of María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide and Johann Tunkl von Aschbrunn und Hohenstadt |
• Gustav Adolf von Götzen 8 June 1940 2 children • Ottavio Stefano della Porta 15 August 1959 No children |
27 January 1981 Sydney aged 68 |
Daughter of María I, Sister of María II [2] | |
Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide (Maximiliano II) 1981–present |
2 March 1944 Beszterce son of María Gisela Tunkl-Iturbide and Gustav Adolf von Götzen |
Maria Anna de Francecshi 22 September 1990 2 children |
Son of María III [2][3] | ||
See also
References
- "Primer Imperio Mexicano". La Guía. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- "The Genealogy of the House of Iturbide". Imperial House of Mexico. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- "Don Maximiliano". Imperial House of Mexico. Retrieved 21 June 2019.