Second Mexican Empire

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The Second Mexican Empire was the name of Mexico under the regime established from 1864 to 1867. Using the pretext of collecting overdue loans to Mexico, Napoleon III of France justified the invasion by French troops. The French attempted to use the Mexican adventure to recapture some of the grandeur of earlier Napoleonic times. The military intervention put Maximilian I of Mexico on the Mexican Throne as Maximilian I. It was promoted and installed by the French, with some support from the Austrian and Spanish Crowns, in order to create a European-style monarchical system in Mexico. The French also had support from conservative elements within Mexico, who were looking for a way to promote stability and end the constant cycle of unrest and revolution. The Second Mexican Empire lasted three years, with one reigning emperor.

The Empire was divided into 50 departments (departamentos).

The rule of Emperor Maximiliano was blemished by constant conflict. On his arrival in 1864 with his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, he found himself in the middle of a political struggle between the Liberals, headed by Benito Juárez, and the Conservatives that backed him. The two factions had set up parallel governments; the Conservatives in Mexico City controlling central Mexico and the Liberals in Veracruz. The Conservatives received funding from Europe, especially from Isabella II of Spain and Napoleon III of France; the Liberals found backing from United States Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, after they had finished their own American Civil War in 1865.

Because Emperor Maximilian was viewed as a French puppet by some, he was unpopular and many citizens did not regard him as the legitimate leader of Mexico. He was executed by a firing squad in 1867, under the orders of Benito Juárez in an attempt to dissuade any further foreign attempts to control Mexico.

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