Agustín de Iturbide y Green
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Agustín de Iturbide y Green (April 2, 1863 – March 3, 1925) was the grandson of Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor of independent Mexico. He became the adopted son of Mexico's only other royal heads of state, Maximilian of Mexico and Carlota of Mexico.
Iturbide y Green was born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., the son of Emperor Agustin I's second son Ángel de Iturbide y Huarte (October 2, 1816 – July 21, 1872) and his American wife Alice Green (d. 1892).
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. They formally named Iturbide y Green their heir on September 13, 1865, with the title His Highness, Prince de Iturbide.
With the overthrow of the monarchy in 1867, his biological family took him first to England and then back to the United States. When he came of age Iturbide y Green renounced his claim to the throne and title and returned to Mexico. He then served as an officer in the Mexican army. After publishing articles critical of President Porfirio Díaz, he was forced into exile and returned to Georgetown where he taught as a professor of Spanish and French languages at Georgetown University for many years.
Agustín de Iturbide y Green died in Washington, D.C., and was buried at the Church of St John the Evangelist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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| House of Iturbide Born: April 2 1863; Died: March 3 1925 | ||
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| Preceded by: Emperor Maximilian | * NOT REIGNING * Emperor of Mexico (1867–1925) * Reason for Succession Failure: * Empire abolished in 1867
| Succeeded by: Maria Josepha |
