The French had no realistic prospect of remaining and Napoleon, who now had problems of his own in Europe, agreed in to withdraw them. Maximilian fought bravely on for as long as he could, but the tide had turned against him and in May , hopelessly outnumbered and besieged by republican troops who were starving his few remaining men to death, he could hold out no longer.
On June 19th, aged 34, he was executed by firing squad at Queretaro, north of Mexico City. His body was returned to Austria for burial. Carlota had returned to Europe earlier in a desperate attempt to gain support from the French government, the Austrian government and the pope.
Her efforts were a total failure and she suffered a psychological collapse and spent the rest of her long life on the wrong side of sanity, apparently afflicted with paranoia. In , France invaded Mexico, seeking payment for these debts. By , French forces were firmly in command of Mexico and Maximilian was approached again. This time he accepted. Maximilian and Charlotte arrived in Mexico in May and set up their official residence at Chapultepec Castle.
Maximilian inherited a very unstable nation. The conflict between conservatives and liberals, which had caused the Reform War, still simmered and Maximilian was unable to unite the two factions. He angered his conservative supporters by adopting some liberal reforms, and his overtures to liberal leaders were spurned.
Benito Juarez and his liberal followers grew in strength, and there was little Maximilian could do about it. When France withdrew its forces back to Europe, Maximilian was on his own. His position grew ever more precarious, and Charlotte returned to Europe to ask in vain for aid from France, Austria, and Rome. Charlotte never returned to Mexico: Driven mad by the loss of her husband, she spent the rest of her life in seclusion before passing away in By , the writing was on the wall for Maximilian: His armies were in disarray and he had no allies.
He stuck it out nevertheless, apparently due to a genuine desire to be a good ruler of his new nation. Captured, Maximilian was executed along with two of his generals on June 19, He was 34 years old. His body was returned to Austria the next year, where it currently resides in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. Nominate this object for photography. See our privacy policy. Collections Search Search for Show only items with images.
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