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		Carlota was excited with the possibilities that lay before them and envisioned a country full of adoring people who needed and wanted them, a romantic empire of scenic beauty, Latin charm and a chance to fulfill their destiny.
		Carlota had been on less than friendly terms with the French for some time, and when Napoleon broke his promise and the Treaty of Miramar, it was more than she could stand and she was determined to show Napoleon that she was not a woman to be trifled with.
		Carlota arrived in France on August 8, 1866 and it seemed that the French Emperor was somewhat intimidated by the idea of facing her and he sent a telegram claiming to be ill and regretting that he could not receive her.
	www.geocities.com /crispmexico/carlota_mexico.html (4144 words)

	Charlotte, Princess of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the important diplomatic missions during the empire was carried out by Carlota, when she took a tour of Yucatán (including the ruins of Uxmal).
		When Napoleon III withdrew his troops from Mexico and abandoned Maximilian to resist revolutionary forces by himself, Carlota travelled to Europe, seeking assistance for her husband in Paris and Vienna and finally in Rome from the Pope.
		Carlota had no children with Maximilian, but in 1865 the imperial couple adopted Agustín de Iturbide y Green and Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzan – grandsons of Agustín de Iturbide y Arámburu, an earlier "Emperor of Mexico" who reigned from 1822 until 1823.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Carlota_of_Mexico (574 words)

	Charlotte, Princess of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carlota took her duties as Empress of Mexico seriously, and even undertook a tour of the remote Yucatán frontier, visiting the ruins of Uxmal.
		Carlota then travelled to Europe, seeking assistance for her husband in Paris and Vienna and finally in Rome from the Pope.
		Carlota and Maximilian had no children, but in 1865 the imperial couple adopted Agustín de Iturbide y Green and Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzan – grandsons of Agustín de Iturbide y Arámburu, an earlier "Emperor of Mexico" who reigned from 1822 to 1823.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carlota_of_Mexico (580 words)

	Maximilian I of Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With the backing of Napoleon III of France and a group of Mexican conservatives, he was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on April 10, 1864.
		Carlota travelled to Europe, seeking assistance for her husband's regime in Paris and Vienna and, finally, in Rome from the Pope.
		Though urged to abandon Mexico by Napoleon III himself, whose withdrawal from Mexico was a great blow to the Mexican Imperial cause, Maximilian refused to desert his followers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maximilian_of_Mexico (965 words)

	Historical Text Archive: Articles: Carlota, Empress of Mexico
		Carlota was bored and dissatisfied at Miramar and was burning with ambition to be an Empress.
		Carlota refused to surrender her crown and scepter and soon realized it was up to her to save the Empire.
		Carlota left Paris on August 23, 1866, in such a state of nervous agitation that she was no longer able to act or reason normally.
	historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=232 (2681 words)

	HISTORY OF MEXICO - MAXIMILIAN AND CARLOTA: THE "ARCHDUPE" AND HIS TRAGIC LADY - BY JIM TUCK IN MEXICO CONNECT
		This was the case in Mexico, during the past century, when Maximilian of Hapsburg and Benito Juárez waged a struggle to the death.
		Once ensconced in Mexico City, Maximilian became almost as much anathema to his right-wing Mexican supporters as he was to Juárez, who was stirring up resistance to Maximilian and his French protectors all over the country.
		As for Carlota, she was having an affair with a Belgian officer in Maximilian's army, Colonel Alfred van der Smissens, and was pregnant when she went to Europe to plead her husband's cause.
	www.mexconnect.com /mex_/history/jtuck/jtmaximilian.html (997 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Santa Anna was Mexico's leader during the conflict with Texas, which declared itself independent from Mexico in 1836, and during the Mexican-American War (1846-48).
		Conservatives tried to institute a monarchy when they helped to bring to Mexico an archduke from the Royal House of Austria, known as Maximilian of Habsburg (wife Carlota of Habsburg) with the military support of France, which was interested in exploiting the rich mines in the north-west of the country.
		Carlota of Mexico (also spelled Carlotta; sometimes rendered as Charlotte) (June 7, 1840 – January 19, 1927) was the wife of regime largely dependent on French troops under the orders of Napoleon III.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Mexico (9755 words)

	Mexico Heads
		Carlota lived in seclusion for the last nearly sixty years of her life in Belgium and Italy, never recovering her mental health.
		She inherited the claim to the throne from her uncle, who was grand-nephew Don Augustin de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico 1821-23, and was adopted by Emperor Maximillian, and inheriting the Habsburg claim on the throne.
		Maria Josepha was born in Hungary and died in an internation camp in Romania, and was succeeded as head of the family by son of youngest daughter.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Mexico_Heads.htm (957 words)

	agustin de iturbide y green (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He became the adopted son of Mexico's only other royal heads of state, Maximilian of Mexico and Carlota of Mexico.
		When Maximilian and Carlota took the throne of Mexico in 1863 with the support of the French troops of Napoleon III, the new monarchs invited the Iturbide family back to Mexico.
		As it became clear that Maximilian and Carlota could have no children together, they offered to adopt Iturbide y Green, which was agreed to with enthusiasm by his father and reluctance by his mother.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /agustin_de_iturbide_y_green.html (368 words)

	Mexico - Civil War and the French Intervention
		The civil war, commonly known as the War of the Reform, that engulfed Mexico between 1858 and 1861 brought to light the underlying conflicts that had been present in Mexican society since independence.
		In June 1863, a provisional government was chosen, and in October a delegation of Mexican conservatives invited Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph von Habsburg of Austria to accept the Mexican crown, all according to the plans of French emperor Napoleon III.
		Before departing for Mexico, Maximilian signed an agreement with Napoleon III, under which Maximilian assumed the debts incurred for the upkeep of the French army in Mexico.
	countrystudies.us /mexico/21.htm (642 words)

	MEXICO: 5th of May (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Carlota, his wife, pleaded in vain to have France continue its support of him.
		Carlota eventually went insane--hence she is known in Mexico as Carlota la loca.
		Many of them then refuse to return to Mexico, maintaining the country is so downtrodden they have no future in their native country, but I rather think it's because Paris is obviously more attractive than Mexico City and its dangerous pollution and crooked cops".
	www.stanford.edu /group/wais/Mexico/mexico_5thofmay5703.html (462 words)

	Maximilian I of Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As Maximilian and Carlota had no children, they adopted Agustín de Iturbide y Green and his cousin, both grandsons of Agustín de Iturbide, an earlier Emperor of Mexico.
		After the Mexicans executed her husband the following year, she spent the rest of her life in seclusion, first at Miramar Castle near Trieste, Italy, and then at the in Meise, Belgium, where she died on January 19, 1927.
		Withdrawing, in February 1867, to Querétaro, he sustained a for several weeks, but on 11 May resolved to attempt an escape through the enemy lines.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Maximilian_of_Mexico (993 words)

	Guide to the Charlotte and Maximilian Collection, 1846-1927
		Carlota, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1840-1927.
		Carlota, as she was known in Mexico, was eager to establish European rule in Mexico after her father rejected the Mexican throne in her youth.
		Ferdinand Maximilian (Hapsburg) Archduke of Austria and Emperor of Mexico (1864-67) was the younger brother of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph (1830-1916), son of Franz Karl (1802-1878) and Sophia of Bavaria.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/ricewrc/00116/rice-00116.html (2300 words)

	Carlota of Mexico
		The only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865) by his second wife, Louise d'Orleans, Princess of France (1812-1850), Carlota of Mexico was born in Laeken, Belgium, as Her Royal Highness, Princess Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine.
		Carlota had no children with Maximilian, but in 1865 the imperial couple adopted Agustín de Iturbide y Green and Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzan, grandsons of Agustín de Iturbide y Arámburu), an earlier "Emperor of Mexico" who reigned from 1822 until 1823.
		Some have made the claim that Carlota had an illegitimate child by Alfred, Baron Van der Smissens, a Belgian colonel, giving birth at Brussels January 21, 1867.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/carlota_of_mexico.html (636 words)

	Welcome Mexico Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In time, however, Maximilian would virtually worship at her feet and it was Carlota, who burning with enthusiasm, talked Maximilian into accepting the tenuous position of Emperor of Mexico, a post which had been offered to him by Napoleon III of France.
		The story of Maximilian and Carlota is also shocking, though the ill-fated Hapsburg prince did not strut on the stage of history for long.
		Though Carlota had reigned as Empress of Mexico for 18 months, this did little to impress the European powers, who had her pronounced incurably insane at age 27.
	www.mexicotravel.net /demo2/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&article_id=24 (1025 words)

	Maximilian I of Mexico -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1859 he was first approached by Mexican monarchists with a proposal to become the (The male ruler of an empire) Emperor of (A Republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810) Mexico.
		He did not accept at first, but sought to satisfy his restless desire for adventure with a botanical expedition to the tropical forests of (The largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter) Brazil.
		By 1866 the imminence of Maximilian's (The act of abdicating) abdication was apparent to almost everyone outside Mexico.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/maximilian_i_of_mexico.htm (895 words)

	Welcome Mexico Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The deceit to entice Maximilian to accept the throne of Mexico began in earnest with the defeat of the Mexican Conservative Party in the Mexico Reform War of 1857-60.
		Unaware of the political machinations swirling around Mexico between the conservatives and the liberals, Maximilian and Carlota were overjoyed when the call came for them to board ship immediately for Mexico.
		Hearing of her condition, Carlota’s brother took her to a mental institution in Vienna where, at the age of 26, she was pronounced incurably insane.
	www.mexicotravel.net /demo2/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&article_id=156 (1413 words)

	New Mexico Women Magazine Archive Dec Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Carlota Baca, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the New Mexico Association of Grantmakers, a statewide consortium of foundations, funders, and individual philanthropists.
		The New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence was established in 2002 to recruit and retain nurses in an effort to curb the statewide nursing shortage.
		To quote Carlota Baca in her article on New Mexico Women in Philanthropy, “Philanthropy is grandiose and it is modest.
	www.nmwoman.com /Archive03/Dec_03.html (9298 words)

	Mexico City Hotels: Research Hotels in Mexico City and Read Reader Reviews
		Sprawling Mexico City, population 20 million, also reigns as the capital of Mexico, and a financial, political, and cultural stronghold for a country with borders touching the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Sea of Cortez.
		A fabulous overview of Mexico City can be had from Bellini, the revolving dining spot and watering hole on the World Trade Center’s 45th floor, where lobster is the house special among Mexican and international fare.
		Walking Mexico City has been likened to "one part chaos, two parts amazement and discovery," made all the more chaotic by street vendors (banned in recent years, but nevertheless back on the job) hawking everything from tamales to trinkets for Day of the Dead.
	mexico.city.hotelguide.net (834 words)

	Mexico - The Revolution of Ayutla and the Reform Laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Mexico - The Revolution of Ayutla and the Reform Laws
		Both the Reform Laws and the constitution, however, divided the political classes and set the stage for a civil war.
		The French encountered no resistance to their occupation of Mexico City.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-8701.html (926 words)

	Puerto Vallarta Travel, Travel to Puerto Vallarta
		Located in the main plaza, its red brick tower is covered by a crown simulating the one worn by Empress Carlota de Mexico in the eighteenth century.
		However, Mexico has some particular customs regarding appropriate dress for certain situations: bathing suits (particularly for women) should not be worn away from the beach or resort areas; shorts should never be worn when entering a church; flashy or suggestive clothing is inappropriate in smaller resorts and inland cities.
		Mexico generally follows the 15% tipping rule, and a 15% sales tax will be charged on most items.
	www.jmtravel.com /review_puerto_vallarta.htm (4395 words)

	John L Stoddard - Aqueduct near Queretaro, Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		AQUEDUCT NEAR QUERETARO, MEXICO - A little distance from the pretty ciy of Queretaro in Mexico, the Mexican Central Railroad passes beneath a fine stone aqueduct which was built in 1738 by the Spaniards at a cost of $125,000.
		Maximilian's body was subsequently sent back to Europe in the same ship which, only three years before, had brought him and his beautiful young wife "Poor Carlota" out to Mexico, in perfect health and with high hopes of founding here a new and glorious dynasty.
		Here also in 1848 the treaty of peace between Mexico and the United States was ratified.
	www.osheamurphy.com /jls/queretaro.asp (286 words)

	Hacienda San Angel - Puerto Vallarta luxury boutique hotel Mexico
		In the first light of dawn, roosters crow in the hills above town, while the bells of the Church of Guadalupe (its steeple is a replica of the crown worn by Carlota, empress of Mexico in the 1860's) summon the faithful to worship.
		Puerto Vallarta is located in Mexico's state of Jalisco, on the Western Pacific coast.
		Electricity Mexico operates on the same 110-volt-60 current as the United States so no electrical adapters are needed.
	www.haciendasanangel.com /agents/puertovallarta.htm (1555 words)

	Sightseeing and Exploring Puerto Vallarta
		Today, Puerto Vallarta is one of the most popular and fastest growing destinations in Mexico with a population of over 350 000.
		Atop its steeple is an ornate crown that is a replica of the one worn by Empress Carlota of Mexico in the 1860s.
		Not only Mexico's largest and most complete marina accommodating yachts of all sizes, this area is also a bustling commercial, tourism and residential zone.
	www.vacationscape.com /vs.nsf/listhtml/PVR-SSE-0001 (1601 words)

	Mexico
		Mexico city is the seat of government and the center of the nation's commerce, finance and the arts.
		Charrería, the national sport of Mexico and a forerunner of the North American rodeo, originated among the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century.
		The students and their families celebrate Mexico's culture by planning and partaking in a fiesta, held in the students' classroom.
	www.42explore2.com /mexico.htm (2722 words)

	Travel Guide of Puerto Vallarta \| Travel By Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Puerto Vallarta has become one of the most visited tourist destinations in Mexico, attracting more than 2 million visitors per year due to the formidable beauty of its beaches and the colonial ambient of its picturesque city.
		Up to what point has the interest of this bay increased that since the year 2000, direct flights from cities like Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago have become a regular schedule, representing it to be one of the most favorite vacational refuges for thousands of americans.
		In the main plaza of the town, the Iglesia de Guadalupe (Church of Guadalupe), built in 1951, displays the bell tower which is covered by a crown that is shaped just like the one that the Empress Carlota de México wore in the XVIII Century.
	www.travelbymexico.com /puertovallarta/index2.html (179 words)

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