He was installed as ruler thanks to the efforts of the generals Forey and Miramon, and one of his first acts was to brush off the Papal nuncio Meglia's demand to reverse the sale of Church lands.
He was installed as ruler thanks to the efforts of the generals Forey and Miramon, and one of his first acts was to brush off the Papal nuncio Meglia's demand to reverse the sale of Church lands. His wife outlived him by sixty years, spending all of them insane, after being dispatched to rally support for his regime in France and Italy. That wife was the daughter of Leopold I of Belgium, Carlota, who could not prevent his defeat at the Battle of Querétaro and execution at the order of Beninto Juárez. FTP, name this brother of Franz Joseph of Austria who attempted to become emperor of Mexico at the urging of Napoleon III.
He was installed as ruler thanks to the efforts of the generals Forey and Miramon, and one of his first acts was to brush off the Papal nuncio Meglia's demand to reverse the sale of Church lands.
Ferdinand {Maximilian} Joseph