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Charlotte of Belgium (French: Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine; 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as such she was also styled Princess of Saxe-Coburg ...
Jun 28, 2018 · Charlotte of Belgium was born on 7 June 1840 as the daughter of Leopold I of Belgium and Louise of Orléans. Though her childhood was considered to be happy, she had little contact with her parents. Charlotte was separated from her brothers and was given an entirely different education.
Mar 20, 2019 · Empress Carlota, born Princess Charlotte of Belgium (June 7, 1840 – January 19, 1927) was briefly the Empress of Mexico, from 1864 to 1867. She suffered from a lifetime of serious mental illness after her husband, Maximilian, was deposed in Mexico, but escaped his violent fate.
Jun 3, 2024 · Carlota (born June 7, 1840, Laeken, Belg.—died Jan. 19, 1927, near Brussels) was the wife of the emperor Maximilian of Mexico. The only daughter of Leopold I, king of the Belgians, and Princess Louise of Orléans, Carlota married at age 17 the archduke Maximilian, brother of the emperor Francis Joseph of Austria.
Belgian princess who accompanied Maximilian on an ill-fated adventure to Mexico, where she was crowned empress and witnessed royal splendor, civil war, personal tragedy, and ultimately dementia in an attempt to bring monarchical rule to the land of the Aztecs.
Oct 12, 2023 · Born Marie-Charlotte, the new empress became better known to the world as Carlota. Personal happiness, however, could not reckon with the turbulent geopolitics of the mid-19th century. In 1864,...
Charlotte of Belgium (7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Jan 30, 2023 · A new book about the life of Princess Charlotte of Belgium, who for a brief moment was Empress of Mexico, has been written by Belgian author Kristen Dieltiens. The story recounts the adventurous life of the daughter of Belgium's first king Leopold I.
Princess Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927) was born in Laeken, Brussels, the only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865) and Louise, Princess of Orléans (1812–1850). She was a first cousin to both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
On 7 June 1840, Princess Marie Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the youngest and only female child of Leopold I, King of Belgium, and his second wife Louise Marie of Orléans, was born in Laeken. Orphaned by her mother, who died of tuberculosis, Charlotte was entrusted to the care of a governess, Countess Denise d’Hulst – a close family ...
