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 self-assumed by the said 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

  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


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