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Mexican Empire Imperio Mexicano | |||||||||
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1864–1867 | |||||||||
Motto: Equidad en la Justicia "Equity in Justice" | |||||||||
Anthem: "Himno Nacional Mexicano" (English: "National Anthem of Mexico") | |||||||||
![]() Territory of the Second Mexican Empire upon establishment | |||||||||
Status | Client state of France | ||||||||
Capital | Mexico City | ||||||||
Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism (official religion) | ||||||||
Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||
• 1864–1867 | Maximilian I | ||||||||
Regency | |||||||||
• 1863–1864 | Juan Almonte, José Salas, Pelagio de Labastida | ||||||||
Prime Minister[1] | |||||||||
• 1864–1866 | José María Lacunza | ||||||||
• 1866–1867 | Teodosio Lares | ||||||||
• 1867 | Santiago Vidaurri | ||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||
8 December 1861 | |||||||||
• Maximilian I accepts Mexican crown | 10 April 1864 | ||||||||
• Emperor Maximilian I executed | 19 June 1867 | ||||||||
Currency | Peso | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | MX | ||||||||
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Today part of | Mexico |
The Second Mexican Empire (Spanish: Segundo Imperio Mexicano), Officially the Mexican Empire (Imperio Mexicano), was a Constitutional Monarchy and Client state of the Second French Empire[2][3] in Mexico, it was ruled by Maximilian of Habsburg who ruled as Maximilian I of Mexico and his wife Charlotte of Mexico, it was established during the Second French intervention in Mexico as a client state to compete with the powerful United States,[4] This is nothing related to the First Mexican Empire of Agustín I.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Covarruvias José, Enciclopedia Política de México, TOMO IV, Edit. Belisario Domínguez. 2010
- ↑ Miquel de la Rosa (2022). French Liberalism and Imperialism in the Age of Napoleon III. Springer Nature. p. 3. ISBN 9783030958886.
- ↑ Roger D. Price (2002). Napoleon III and the Second Empire. Routledge. ISBN 9781134734689.
- ↑ Guedalla, Philip (1923). The Second Empire. Hodder and Stoughton. p. 322.