Pretenders to the throne of Mexico

Upon the abolition of the Second Mexican Empire and the execution of Emperor Maximilian I in 1867, pretense to the Mexican Crown passed to and was assumed by the 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.

List of claimants to the Mexican throne

Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide He is the current head of the Imperial House of Mexico,

1. Agustín I 1823–1824 (Constitutional Emperor of Mexico 1822–1823)
2. Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte (Agustín II) 1824–1864
3. Maximiliano I (Emperor of Mexico 1864–1867)
4. Agustín de Iturbide y Green (Agustín III) 1867–1925
5. María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide (María I) 1925–1949
6. Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide (Maximiliano II) 1949–present
7. Carlos Felipe de Habsburgo (Carlos I) 2011-present