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Portrait of Maximilian of Habsburg-Lorraine, Emperor of Mexico (1864-1867). Maximilian (1832–1867) was the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire. He was a younger brother of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I. After a distinguished career in the Austrian Navy, he entered into a scheme with Napoleon III of France to rule Mexico. France had invaded Mexico in 1861, with the implicit support and approval of other European powers, as part of the War of the French Intervention. Seeking to legitimize French intervention, Napoleon III invited Maximilian to establish a new Mexican monarchy. With the support of the French army and a group of conservative Mexican monarchists, Maximilian traveled to Mexico where he declared himself Emperor of Mexico on 10 April 1864.
Many foreign governments, including that of the United States, refused to recognize his administration. Maximilian’s Second Mexican Empire was widely considered a puppet of France. Additionally, the Mexican Republic was never entirely defeated; “liberal” forces led by President Benito Juárez continued to be active throughout Maximilian’s rule. With the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the United States began to be able to more explicitly aid the democratic forces of Juárez; things became even worse for Maximilian's Empire after the French withdrew their armies in 1866. The Mexican Empire collapsed, and Maximilian was captured and executed in 1867. His wife Charlotte or “Carlota” (1840-1927, only daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium) had left for Europe earlier to try to build support for her husband’s regime; she suffered an emotional collapse after his death and was declared insane.
Maximilian has been praised by some historians for his liberal reforms, his genuine desire to help the people of Mexico, his refusal to desert his loyal followers, and his personal bravery during the siege of Querétaro.
Vista de lo que queda del Bosque de Chapultepec, un brumoso día de otoño.
Ojalá la ciudad no se coma lo que resta de bosque...
Detrás de la bruma está la amenaza.
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Chapultepec Castle
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.15188
Call Number: LC-B2- 2956-7
AUTOR: CLAUDIA ROJAS G.T.
FECHA: 01 Ago 2006
LUGAR: México D.F.
TÉCNICA: Color, fotografía y manipulación digital.
Saturday night Chapultepec avenue is full of characters such as this skato that with his friends all three dare to challenge the rules of gravity making intersting figures during their jumps.
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