Maximilian von Götzen-Itúrbide
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| Born | March 2, 1944 Bistriţa, Kingdom of Romania |
| Title(s) | Prince Imperial of Mexico, Prince of Iturbide, Count of Götzen |
| Throne(s) claimed | Mexico |
| Pretend from | November, 1949 |
| Monarchy abolished | 1867 |
| Last monarch | Maximilian I |
| Connection with | Great-great grandson¹ |
| Royal House | Iturbide |
| Father | Count Maria Gustav von Götzen |
| Mother | María Anna Tunkl Iturbide |
| Predecessor | Princess Maria Josepha |
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Maximiliano Gustav Richard Albrecht Agustin von Götzen-Iturbide (born March 2, 1944 in Bistriţa, Romania, is the current head of the former Imperial House of Mexico, the House of Iturbide. As titles of nobility were abolished in Mexico, he holds no legally acknowledged Mexican title.[1]
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[edit] Biography
He is the son of Count Maria Gustav von Götzen and María Gizella von Aschbrunn. His grandmother the Princess of Iturbide, María Josepha, was the daughter of Prince Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán, and great-granddaughter of the Emperor Agustin I of Mexico, and his consort Empress Ana María of Mexico. She was also a legal descendant, by adoption, of Maximilian I of Mexico.
He inherited the Iturbide name and title of pretender following the death of his grandmother Princess Maria Josepha of Iturbide in 1949 which was in accordance with her will and the wishes of her two daughters.
[edit] Family
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On September 22, 1990 in Melbourne, Australia, he married Doña Maria Anna de Franceschi, who is descended from a line of Croatian and Venetian nobility.[2] They have two children,
- Ferdinand Leopold Maximilian Gustav Salvatore, born in 1992.
- Emanuela Charlotte Maria Helena, born in 1998.[3]
Götzen-Iturbide lives in Australia.
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Maximilian von Götzen-Itúrbide
Cadet branch of the House of Götzen
Born: March 2 1944 |
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| Preceded by Princess Maria |
— TITULAR — Emperor of Mexico November 1949 – present Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1867 |
Incumbent Heir: Prince Fernando |
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Hungarian people
- House of Iturbide
- Mexican nobility
- Pretenders to the Mexican throne
- Mexican people of Basque descent
- Transylvanian-Saxon people
- Royalty and nobility of Austria-Hungary
- Hungarian emigrants to Australia
- Australian people of Mexican descent
- Australian people of Hungarian descent
- Australian people of Austrian descent
- People from Bistriţa
