Second Mexican Empire
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") | |||||||||
.svg) 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 | ||||||||
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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.
