The Second Mexican Empire was the name of Mexico under the regime established
from 1864 to 1867. For the earlier monarchy in Mexico in 1821-1823, It was
created by Napoleon III of France, who attempted to use the Mexican adventure
to recapture some of the grandeur of earlier Napoleonic times. The military
intervention put Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria on the Mexican Throne
as Maximilian I of Mexico. 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, such as the Mexican nobility, who were looking for a way
to promote stability and end the constant cycle of unrest and revolution.

After Mexico was declared and recognized as an independent state, Iturbide was backed
and influenced by Mexico's conservadores who favored an independent Mexico with a monarch
from one of the European royal families as head of state. When no European royals
accepted Mexico's offer (as Spain still had hopes of taking Mexico back), Iturbide was
persuaded by his advisers to be named Emperor in the manner of Napoleon I.

The House of Iturbide still continues today, but the male line had died out with Don
Agustin and his cousin Don Salvador, the two adoptive sons of Maximilian I of Mexico.
It continues today through the line of Don Salvador's daughter, Doña Maria Josepha
Sophia de Iturbide. The House of Iturbide holds no recognition from the Mexican
government, nor does it serve in protocolary events.  

Line of succession to the Imperial Throne of Mexico

Since the deposition of Maximilian I as Emperor of Mexico, there has been a pretender
line of accession to the throne, through his adopted sons - the grandsons of Agustin
I. The current Pretender to the throne of Mexico is Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide,
born in 1944. He is not a male-line descendant, but inherited his claim following the
death of his grandmother Maria Josepha Sophia de Iturbide, who was the daughter of
Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán, Emperor Maximilian's adoptee. Maximilian von Götzen
-Iturbide resides in Australia. Should this entire line fail, along with all other
descendants of Agustín de Iturbide, the next likely successor might be the emperor's
sister, Doña Josefa.  

Head of the Imperial House of Mexico:

Don Maximilian von Götzen-Itúrbide (b. 1944)

1.Don Ferdinand Leopold Maximilian Gustav Salvatore von Götzen-Itúrbide (b. 1992)
2.....................Doña Emanuela Charlotte Maria Helena von Götzen-Itúrbide (b. 1998)
3............................................................Doña Emanuela von Götzen-Itúrbide (b. 1945)
4......................................................................................Nicholas MacAulay (b. 1970)
5........................................................................................Edward MacAulay (b. 1973)
6......................................................................................Augustin MacAulay (b. 1977)
7.........................................................................................Patrick MacAulay (b. 1979)
8...........................................................................................Philip MacAulay (b. 1981)
9........................................................................................Camilla MacAulay (b. 1972)
10........................................................................................Gizella MacAulay (b. 1985)

Don Pedro de Itúrbide, of Irisarry, Lower Navarre. b. ca 1610. m. Doña Graciana
de Churitegui (aka Churruqueta or Churubeque) (b. ca 1615). He had issue:

* 1) Don Bernardo de Itúrbide é Churitegui. b. ca 1635. Removed from Irisarry to
Villa de Falces, Navarre. m. at Falces, Navarre, 20th October 1660, Doña Isabel
de Mendiondo y Sola (b. at Falces, Navarre, 26th November 1640), daughter of Migel
Mendiondo, of Falces, Navarre, by his wife, Catalina Sola y Luengo, daughter of
Arnaut Sola, of Falces, Navarre, by his wife, Margarita Luengo. He had issue, a
son and a daughter:

o a) Don José de Itúrbide é Mendiondo. bapt. at Templo de Sta María, Falces, Spain,
21st February 1666. m. at Peralta, Spain, 27th May 1691, Doña Antonia de Irigaraya
é Orduña (b. ca 1670), daughter of Don Juan de Irigaraya, by his wife Doña María
Josefa de Orduñal. He had issue:

+ i) Don José Salvador de Itúrbide é Irigaraya. bapt. at the Church of San Juan
Evangelista, Peralta, Spain, 5th May 1693. m. 8th February 1711, Doña Magadalena
Alvarez de Eulate é Bicuña (b. at Peralta, ca 1695), daughter of Don Pedro Alvarez
de Eulate by Doña Josefa de Bicuña. He had issue:

# (1) Don José de Itúrbide é Alvarez de Eulate. b. at Peralta, Spain, 3rd November
1711 (bap. 5th November 1711). m. at Peralta, Spain, 8th December 1737, Doña María
Josefa de Arreguí é Castelú (b. ca 1715), daughter of Don José de Arreguí é Chocorro,
of Lumbier, Spain, by his wife, Doña Josefa de Castelú é Esnor, daughter of Don José
de Castelú. He had issue:

* (a) H.H. Don José Joaquín de Itúrbide é Arreguí, Prince of the Union. bapt. at Peralta,
Spain, 6th February 1739, educ. privately. Emigrated to New Spain between 1763 and 1766
and settled at Valladolid (now called Morelia). Mbr Municipal Council 1786, appointed
Hon Regent of Mexico 1st June 1822, Granted the title of Principe de la Union with the
style of His Highness by the Mexican Congress, 22nd June 1822. Rector of the Archicofradia
Noble de los Caballeros de la Santa Veracruz, Mayor de la Secretaria de Negocios
Eclesiàsticos. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Our Lady of Guadalupe (13.8.1822). m. (first) in
Spain, Doña Vicenta de Auzla (d. ca 1765). m. (second) at Pueblo de Sta Clara de los Cobres,
Michoacàn, Mexico, 21st November 1772, Doña María Josefa de Arámburo é Carrillo de Figueroa
(b. in Michoacàn, Mexico, ca 1740; d. at Mexico City, 3rd December 1820, bur. Panteon de San
Pablo), daughter of Don Sebastiàn de Aràmburo é Urisibar, of Oyarzùn, Guipuzcoa, Spain, by
his wife, Doña Micaela Nicolasa Carrillo de Figueroa é Villaseñor, 7th degree niece of
Captain Don Juan de Villaseñor Orozcp, Conquistador of New Spain, and daughter of Don José
Joaquín Carrillo de Figueroa, of Acámbaro, New Spain. He d. 19th November 1825, having had
issue, six sons and four daughters:

o (i) Don Guilhermo de Itúrbide é Auzla [Guillaume d'Yturbide]. b. at Cambo, 27th June 1764,
educ. privately. RepFrench of Lower Navarre in the States General 1789. m. 1802, Jeanne, née
Deyhins. He d. at Bayonne, 10th October 1831, having had issue, a son:

+ 1. Michel d'Yturbide. b. at Bayonne, 29th May 1810, educ. privately. Ship owner and
businessman. m. Marie-Louise (b. at Bayonne, 17th December 1824; d. at Biarritz, 18th April
1903), daughter of Victor Boucard-Fasquel, by his wife, Philippine Agustíne Pétronille
Sophie, née d'Imtrong. He d. at Bayonne, 27th November 1865, having had issue, a son:

# a. Charles d'Yturbide. b. at Bayonne, 26th May 1846, educ. Chief Judge at Bayonne, and
Russian Vice-Consul there. Rcvd: Knt. of the Order of St Stanislas 4th class of Russia, and
Officer of the Order of the Liberator of Venezuela. m. (first) 27th March 1878, Catherine
née Moreau (d. 1881). m. (second) at Biarritz, 15th September 1883, Catherine Marie (b. at
St Servan; d. at Biarritz, 13th January 1925), daughter of Pierre Charles Dumont, by his
wife, Jeanne Jenny née Viviez. He d. at Eaux-bonnes, Lower Pyrénées, 10th August 1907,
having had issue, two sons and one daughter:

* i. Captain Albert d'Yturbide. b. at Paris, 30th September 1878 (s/o Catherine), educ.
Sous-Lieut 3rd Regt de chasseurs d'Afrique, served in the Great War 1914-1918 with the 3rd
Colonial Corps and distinguished himself at the Battles of Rossignol 22nd August 1914 and
the Marne 9th September, prom Capt 77th Regt of Infantry. Rcvd: MID, Knt of the Order of
the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre, etc. m. at Cholet, Maine and Loire, 1909, Christine,
née de Thénaisie (d. at Angers, April 1971). He d.s.p. at Angers, 1948.

* ii. Captain Pierre d'Yturbide. b. at Biarritz, 4th January 1887 (s/o Catherine Marie),
educ. capitaine de corvette in the French Navy, sometime Naval attaché at Helsinki, and
cmdr. of the Senégalais. Rcvd: Knt. of the Orders of the Legion of Honour, White Rose of
Finland, and Cross of Virtuti Militari of Poland, Croix de guerre, Moroccan Campaign Medal,
etc. He d. unm. at Brest, 29th November 1926 (bur. Biarritz).

* i. Claire. b. at Biarritz, 4th January 1887 (d/o Catherine Marie), educ. m. at Biarritz,
13th July 1923, Professor Léon Goa, DSc (b. at Biarritz, 27th June 1873; d. there, 14th
October 1943), Professor of Natural History at Lycées of Sens, Besancon, Pau and Bayonne,
son of Blaise Goa, by his wife, Marguerite, née Haramburo. She d. at Bayonne, 26th
December 1973, having had issue, an only daughter.

o (ii) Don José Francisco de Itúrbide é Arámburo. b. at Vallodolid, Michoacán, 25th November
1775 (s/o María Josefa), educ. Seminary of Vallodolid de Michoacán. Advocate. He d.s.p.

o (iii) Don José Apolinario Cristobal de Itúrbide é Arámburo. bap. at the Metropolitan
Sagrario Vallodolid, Michoacán, 25th July 1777 (s/o María Josefa). He d.s.p.

o (iv) Don Agustín Cosme Damiàn de Iturbide é Arámburo, who
became Agustin I, Emperor of Mexico (s/o María Josefa)

o (v) Don Francisco Manuel de Itúrbide é Arámburo. bap. at the
Metropolitan Sagrario Vallodolid, Michoacán, 6th October 1785.

o (vi) Don José Mariano Ilarion de Itúrbide é Arámburo. bap. at
the Metropolitan Sagrario, Vallodolid, Michoacán, 23rd October 1790.

o (i) H.H. Princess Doña María Nicolasa de Itúrbide é Arámburo. bap. at the Metropolitan
Sagrario Vallodolid, Michoacán, 15th September 1774 (d/o María Josefa). Granted the title
of Princess de Itúrbide with the style of Her Highness by the Mexican Congress, 22nd June
1822. She d. unm. at Mexico City, 4th February 1840.

o (ii) Doña María Ignacia Juana de Itúrbide é Arámburo. bap. at the
Metropolitan Sagrario Vallodolid, Michoacán, 26th November 1778. She d. unm.

o (iii) Doña María Josefa Simphorosa de Itúrbide é Arámburo. bap. at the Metropolitan
Sagrario Vallodolid, Michoacán, 23rd July 1780 (d/o María Josefa). m. at Valladolid,
Michoacàn, 18th September 1797, Don José Antonio Sánchez de Manzanera é Ponce de Leon
(b. at Lorca, Spain, 1739; d. at Canatlan, Durango, Mexico, 4th May 1826). She d. at
Canatlan, Durango, Mexico, 1820, having had issue, two sons and six daughters:

+ 1. Don José Joaquín de los Desamparados de Manzanera é Itúrbide. bap.
at the Metropolitan Sagrario, Victoria de Durango, 15th May 1804.

+ 2. Don Francisco de Manzanera é Itúrbide. b. at Santiaguillo, Canatlan,
Durango, 1812. m. Doña Juana Rocha. He had issue, one son and one daughter:

# a. Don Florencio de Manzanera é Rocha.

# a. Doña Carlota de Manzanera é Rocha.

+ 1. Doña María Ignacia de Manzanera é
Itúrbide. m. Don Eduardo García. She d.s.p.

+ 2. H.H. Princess Doña María Josefa de Manzanera é Itúrbide. b. at Valladolid, Michoacàn,
6th October 1800. m. at Canatlán, Durango, 18th November 1817, Colonel Señor Don Juan Bautista
de Landa y Mendieta (b. at Durango, Nueva Vizcaya, 26th June 1789; d. 18xx), rcvd: Knt of the
Order of Guadalupe, son of Don Antonio Ramón de Landa y Ibarreche, of Durango, Nueva Vizcaya,
by his wife, Doña Loreto Mendieta y Soto, daughter of Don Antonio Mendieta, of Ayamonte,
Seville, Spain. She had issue:

# a. Don Aciano de Landa y Manzanera.
b. at Mexico City, 7th September 1820.

# b. Don Agustín de Landa y Manzanera.
b. at Mexico City, 17th February 1824.

# c. Don Pedro de Landa y Manzanera.

# a. Doña María de la Concepción de Landa y Manzanera. b. at Mexico City, 1832. m. at the
Oratorio del Obispo de Tenagra, Mexico City, 15th June 1855, Don Juan María de Icaza é Iturbe
(b. at the Hacienda del Ojo, Durango, 1825; d. at Durango, 30th April 1898), fifth son of Don
Mariano de Icaza é Iraeta, by his wife, Doña Ignacia Iturbe é Iraeta, daughter of Don Gabriel
Iturbe é Iraeta. She d. at Mexico City, 22nd February 1915 (bur. there at the Panteón Francés),
having had issue, four sons:

* i. Don José Ignacio de Icaza y Landa. b. at Mexico City, 7th March 1857. Deputy of the Mexican
Congress. Auditor of State Bank of Mexico and the Mexican Bank for Trade and Industry 1907-1911,
Dir State Lottery 1912. Hon Vice-Consul for Peru in Mexico City 1912, Consul-Gen for the Republics
of Panama 1922 and Peru. Dir Mexican National Life Insurance Co 1887. Rcvd: Knt of the Orders of
the Iron Crown of Austria and the Sun of Peru, etc. m. at Santa Brígida, Mexico City, 16th May 1881,
Doña Valentina María Guadalupe Camacho y Pizarro (b. at Mexico City, 15th February 1860; d. there
16th February 1941, bur. in the crypt of Mexico City Cathedral), youngest daughter of Don Sebastián
Camacho y Zulueta, by his wife, Doña María Loreto Atanasia Geronima Rita de la Cruz Pizarro y Mayor
del Valle, daughter of Don Andrés Avelino Pizarro y Martínez, of Veracruz. He d. at Mexico City,
10th May 1933 (bur. in the crypt of Mexico City Cathedral), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:

o 1a. Don José Ignacio de Loyola Eulogio José de Arimatea Luis Gonzaga Tomás de Aquino Eduvigen
Domingo del Dulce Nombre de los Sagrados Corazones de Jesús y de María de Icaza y Camacho. b. at
Mexico City, 11th March 1886. m. at Santa Brígida, Mexico City, 13th January 1912, Doña María
Catarina Cabrera y Ordeñana (b. at San Francisco, California, USA, 27th May 1884; d. Standford,
California , 5th March 1975), daughter of Don Eduardo Cabrera y García, of San Francisco,
California, by his wife, Doña María Isabel Ruperta Ordeñana y Vega, daughter of Don José Bernardo
Máximo de Jesús Ordeñana y Palacio, of Álamos, Sonora. He d. at Ross, California, USA, 18th
December 1930, having had issue, three sons and three daughters.

o 2a. Don Juan de Icaza y Camacho. b. at Mexico City, 1st July 1889. m. (first) Doña María de la
Concepción Icaza-Mayora, youngest daughter of his paternal uncle, Don Rafael María de Icaza y Landa
by his wife, Doña Manuela Mayora y Carpio. m. (second) Doña Rosario Martínez. He d. at Mexico City,
17th November 1953 (bur. there at the Panteón Francés), having had issue, one son by his first wife.

o 1a. Doña María Guadalupe Eufrasia Josefa Luisa Gonzaga Encarnación de Icaza y Camacho. b. at Mexico
City, 13th March 1882. m. 1st October 1904, Albino Acereto y Cortés (b. at Cansahcab, Yucatán, 5th
June 1875; d. at Mexico City, 19th August 1948), son of Crescencio Acereto y Pérez, by his wife,
Felipa Cortés Canto. She d. at Mexico City, 14th December 1954, having had issue, four daughters.

o 2a. Doña María de la Concepción Dolores Matea Luisa Gonzaga Ignacia de los Sagrados Corazones
de Jesús y María de Icaza y Camacho. b. at Mexico City, 16th September 1883. She d. young.

* ii. Don Francisco Javier de Icaza y Landa. b. at Mexico City, 6th March and d. 7th March 1859.

* iii. Don Francisco Javier Inés Anselmo Guadalupe Federico Tomás de Aquino Juan de Dios Domingo
Fausto Francisco de Paula Agustín Eduviges Matias Pascual Luz Ignacio Juan Francisco Regis del
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de Icaza y Landa. b. at Mexico City, 20th April 1860. Deputy for Durango
in the Mexican Congress 1910-1912, Mayor of Mexico City, Dir National Bank in Durango, Banking Mngr
and Bank Works Real Estate Mngr, Adviser to the Central Bank, the Loan Fund for Irrigation &
Agricultural Development SA, and the Company Carboniferous of San Blas SA, Dir La Aurora SA,
Counsellor to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Light & Power Co, Pachuca Mining Co, and Cunhard Shoe Co.
m. at Durango, 8th January 1892, Doña María de los Dolores Trinidad López de Negrete y Salcido (b.
at Durango, 15th October 1874; d. at Mexico City, 6th August 1948), daughter of Don Ladislao de la
Concepción Joaquín López de Negrete y Porras, of Durango, by his wife, Doña María Petra Salcido y
Avilés. He d. at Mexico City, 22nd May 1934 (bur. there in the crypt of Mexico City Cathedral),
having had issue, three sons and three daughters:

o 1a. Don Xavier de Icaza y Lopez de Negrete. b. at Durango, 2nd October 1892, educ. National
Preparatory Sch and Excuela Libre de Derecho (LLB 1917). Attorney at Law, Professor of Law &
Literature at Veracruz Univ, Professor of History & Literature UNAM, Deputy for El Aguila in
the Veracruz state assembly 1922, Justice of the Supreme Court 1935-1940, Dir Sch of Labour
Law 1939, Dir Workers' Univ. m. Doña Ana Guido (b. 9th April 1904; d. at Mexico City, 18th
March 1990). He d. at Mexico City, 1969, having had issue, an only daughter.

o 2a. Don Luis de Icaza y Lopez de Negrete.

o 3a. Don Juan de Icaza y Lopez de Negrete. b. at Mexico City, 16th May 1902. m.
Sadie Mae Conrey. He d. 19th June 1967, having had issue, two sons and two daughters.

o 1a. Doña Dolores de Icaza y Lopez de Negrete. m. Ventura Martínez-del-Río y Bermejillo
(d. 19th January 1954). She d. 27th June 1962, having had issue, two sons and one daughter.

o 2a. Doña María de Lourdes de Icaza y Lopez de Negrete. m. Eustaquio
Martínez-del-Río. She had issue, one son and one daughter.

o 3a. Doña María de Guadalupe de Icaza y Lopez de Negrete. b. at Mexico
City, 25th May 1910. m. Joaquín Arregunaga. She d. 21st May 1975, having
had issue, one son and one daughter.

* iv. Don Rafael María de Guadalupe Eduviges Ignacio de Loyola Luis Gonzaga Juan
Regis Domingo de Guzmán Trinidad Francisco de Paula Manuel del Sagrado Corazón de
Jesús Fausto Federico Vicente Ferrer Isidro Antonio de Icaza y Landa. b. at Mexico
City, 24th October 1863. Accountant in the State Treasury, Paymaster Interior Dept,
Inspector-Gen of Bank and Real Estate Works. m. at the Templo de la Encarnación,
Mexico City, 19th October 1889, Doña Manuela Mayora y Carpio (b. at Mexico City,
before 4th February 1868), daughter of... Mayora, by Guadalupe Carpio y Berruecos,
daughter of Manuel Carpio y Hernández. He had issue, seven children, including
one son and three daughters who survived infancy:

o 1a. Don José Ramón de Icaza y Mayora.

o 2a. Don Isidro Antonio de Icaza y Mayora.

o 3a. Don Juan María de Icaza y Mayora.

o 4a. Don Rafael de Icaza y Mayora.

o 1a. Doña María Manuela de Icaza y Mayora. m. Néstor
Fuentes. She had issue, three sons and three daughters.

o 2a. Doña María de la Luz de Icaza y Mayora.

o 3a. Doña María de la Concepción de Icaza y Mayora. m. as his first wife, Don Juan
de Icaza y Camacho (b. at Mexico City, 1st July 1889; m. second, Doña Rosario Martínez,
and d. at Mexico City, 17th November 1953, bur. there at the Panteón Francés), younger
son of her paternal uncle, Don José Ignacio de Icaza y Landa, by his wife, Doña Valentina
María Guadalupe Camacho y Pizarro, youngest daughter of Don Sebastián Camacho y Zulueta.
She had issue, one son.

# b. Doña Petra de Landa y Manzanera.
b. at Mexico City, 30th June 1819.

# c. Doña Dolores de Landa y Manzanera.
b. at Mexico City, 3rd March 1822.

+ 3. Doña María Eduwigis Sánchez de Manzanera é Itúrbide. b. at
Santiaguillo, Canatlan, Durango, 1804. m. Don Nicolás Coronel. She d.s.p.

+ 4. Doña María Remigia de Manzanera é Itúrbide. m. at San Diego De Alcala, Canatlan,
Durango, 25th May 1823, Don Manuel Manzanera. Copyright©Christopher Buyers

+ 5. Doña María Isidra de Manzanera é Itúrbide.
m. Don Rafael Castañeda. She d.s.p.

+ 6. Doña María Perfecta de Manzanera é Itúrbide. b. at Cacaria, Canatlan, Durango, 1810. m.
(div. 1849) Don Francisco Lopez de Zubiría y Escalante [El Diablo] (b. at Arizpe, 1798; m.
second, Petra Riopedre, by whom he had one son), brother of the José Antonio Laureano de
Zubiría y Escalante, Archbishop of Durango, and youngest son of Don Martín de Zubiría y Albisu,
by his wife, Doña María Gerónima Escalante y Corella. She had issue:

# a. Don Antonio Lopez de Zubiría é Manzanera. A priest.

# b. Don Martín Lopez de Zubiría é Manzanera. m. Doña Victoria Peña.

# c. Don Santiago Lopez de Zubiría é Manzanera. b. 29th November 1834.
Ordained as a priest 1858, Archbishop of Durango 1895-1909. He d. unm.
at Durango, 25th January 1909.

# d. Don Francisco Lopez de Zubiría é Manzanera.

# e. Don Andrés Lopez de Zubiría
é Manzanera. m. Doña Rosa Macedo.

# a. Doña Petra Lopez de Zubiría
e Manzanera. m. Licenciado Don Tomás Chávez.

# b. Doña Perfecta Lopez de Zubiría é Manzanera.

# c. Doña Isabel Lopez de Zubiría
é Manzanera [Sister Teresa]. A nun.

# d. Doña Luisa Lopez de Zubiría
é Manzanera. m. Don Francisco Alvarez.

# e. Doña Carmen Lopez de Zubiría é Manzanera.

# f. Doña Clemencia Lopez de Zubiría é Manzanera.

# g. Doña Paulina Lopez de Zubiría
é Manzanera. m. Don Juan de Zubiría.

# h. Doña María Lopez de Zubiría é Manzanera.

# i. Doña Valentina Lopez de Zubiría
e Manzanera. m. Licenciado Don Manuel Ríos.

o (iv) Doña María Ana Ignacia de Itúrbide é Arámburo. bap. at
Villafranca, Michoacán, 3rd August 1788 (bap 4th August). She d. young.

* (b) Doña Angela Itúrbide é Arreguí. b. at Peralta, ca 1740. m. at Peralta, 6th November
1757, Don Domingo Malo y Marcilla (bap. at Villafranca, 29th May 1735), younger son of Don
Domingo Fermin Malo y Ydalgo, of Villafranca, by his wife, Doña Polonia Marcilla y Lissarri,
daughter of Don Marcos Marcilla y Azcona. She d. at Villafranca, 27th October 1797, having
had issue, five sons and three daughters:

o (i) Don Antonio María Malo é Iturbide. bap. at Peralta, 29th March 1761. m. (first) at
Villafranca, 20th March 1791, Doña Raphaela Urzainqui y Diez, daughter of Don Domingo Urzainqui
y Esparz, by his wife, Doña Manuela Diez de Olloqui. m. (second) at Villafranca, 14th November
1814, Doña Maria Bienzobas y Garcia, widow, daughter of Don Nicolas Bienzobas y de Torres, by his
wife, Doña Antonia Garcia y de Aro. He had issue, four sons and three daughters by his first wife.

o (ii) Brigadier The Most Excellent Señor Don Domingo Hermenegildo Malo é Iturbide. bap.
at Peralta, 16th April 1764. Adjutant to Emperor Agustín. Rcvd: KGC of the Order of
Guadalupe (1822). m. Doña Maria Francisca Ortiz. He had issue.

o (iii) Don Juan de la Cruz Joseph Xavier Malo é Iturbide. bap. at Villafranca, 26th November
1766. m. (first) at Villafranca, 21st May 1792, Doña Maria Peralta y Mañas, daughter of Don
Pedro Peralta y Muñoz, by his wife, Doña Maria de Mañas y Segura. m. (second) at Villafranca,
4th November 1794, Doña Gregoria Robres y Germauta, daughter of Babil Robres, master surveyor,
of Mendavia, by his wife, Gregoria Germauta. He had issue, one son and one daughter by each wife.

o (iv) Don Felipe Santiago Malo é Iturbide. bap. at Villafranca, 1st May 1771. m. at Villafranca,
1st May 1815, Doña Angela Peralta y Bartholome-Ros, daughter of Andres Peralta, by his wife,
Antonia Bartholome-Ros. He d. 6th August 1833, having had issue, one son and one daughter.

o (v) Don Placido María Malo é Iturbide.
bap. at Villafranca, 5th October 1777.

o (i) Doña Ysidra Malo é Iturbide. bap.
at Villafranca, 16th May 1769.

o (ii) Doña Felipa María Malo é Iturbide.
bap. at Villafranca, 26th May 1773.

o (iii) Doña Josepha Florentina Malo é Iturbide. bap. at Villafranca, 15th March 1780. m. at
Villafranca, 30th June 1803, Don Josef Aniceto Arrondo y Frago (bap. at Villafranca, 20th March
1781; d. there, 4th July 1826), eldest son of Don Roque Arrondo y Segura, by his first wife, Doña
Josefa Frago y Perez, daughter of Don Joseph Frago y Zinita. She d. at Villafranca, 20th March
1848, having had issue, five sons and two daughters.

o a) Doña Isabel de Itúrbide é Mendiondo. b. at Falces, Navarre, 24th June 1664. m. as his
second wife, Joseph Yrigoyen y Los Arcos (b. at Falces, Navarre, 30th March 1659; d. at
Traibuenas, 15th September 1715), son of Carlos Yrigoyen y Latasa, by his wife, Ana Los Arcos
y Zala, daughter of Juan Los Arcos. She d. at Traibuenas, 6th December 1712, having had issue,
four daughters. 1821 - 1823.

H.M. Don Agustín I, by Divine Providence and by the Congress of the Nation,
Constitutional Emperor of Mexico. b. at Valladolid, Michoacán, 27th September 1783, as Don
Agustín Cosme Damiàn de Iturbide é Arámburo, fourth son of H.H. Don José Joaquín de Itúrbide
é Arreguí, Prince of the Union, by his second wife, Doña María Josefa de Arámburo é Carrillo
de Figueroa, daughter of Don Sebastiàn de Aràmburo é Urisibar, of Oyarzùn, Guipuzcoa, educ.
Coll of San Nicolas, Valladolid, and the Royal Acad for Officers, Chapultepec, Mexico City.
Cmsnd into the Royal Spanish Army as as Ensign Vallodolid Provincial Regt of Infantry
16/10/1797, prom Lieut 29/10/1806, prom Capt of Fusiliers 17/11/1810, brevet Lieut-Col 6/6/1812,
prom Col 1813, cdt of the Celaya Provincial Regt of Infantry 1813-1814, 2nd IC Army of the
North 1814-1815, joint cdt of the Royalist forces 1815-1816, retd 1816, restored to rank as
Col 1820, Supreme cdr of the Army of the South 1820-1821. Proclaimed the independence of Mexico
14th February 1821 and drew up the Constitution of Mexico (the Plan of Iguala). First C-in-C
of the Ejército Trigarante (army of the three guarantees: independence, unity and religion)
1821-1822. Concluded the Treaty of Córdoba, with the then Spanish Captaain-General Don Juan
O'Donojú O'Rian on 24th August 1821 which ostensibly recognised the independence of Mexico.
He entered Mexico City at the head of the Ejército Trigarante 27th September 1821, proclaimed
the full independence of the Empire of Mexico and established a junta with himself as First
Regent and President of the Council of Regency. Appointed by the junta as Generalissimo of
the forces and Admiral with the style of His Serene Highness. Proclaimed by Divine Providence
and by the Congress of the Nation, First Constitutional Emperor of Mexico, 18th May 1822, under
the name of Agustín I. Took the oath to the constitution, 21st May 1822. Crowned with his wife
at the Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City, 21st July 1822. Founder and Sovereign of the
Imperial Order of Guadalupe. Abdicated 19th March 1823 and went into exile in Europe. Returned
a year later and attempted to regain the throne but was arrested and shot. m. at the Cathedral
of the Divine Savioir, Valladolid, Michoacán, 27th February 1805, H.M. Empress Doña Ana María
(b. at Valladolid, Mexico, 17th January 1786; d. at Philadelphia, USA, 21st March 1861, bur.
there at the Church of St John the Evangelist), Crowned with her husband at the Cathedral of
Mexico City, 21st July 1822, née Doña Ana María Josefa Ramona Huarte y Muñiz, daughter of The
Most Excellent Senor Don Isidro Huarte y Arrivillaga, of Morelia, Michoacán, by his second wife,
Doña Ana Manuela Josefa Muñiz y Sanchez de Tagle, daughter of Manuel Muñiz, of Victoria, Durango,
by his wife, Doña Isabel Sánchez de Tagle y Veydacar of the family of the Marques de Altamira.
He was k. at Padilla, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 19th July 1824 (bur. firstly at Padilla re-interred
at Mexico City Cathedral, 28th October 1838), having had issue, six sons and five daughters:

* 1) H.I.H. The Most Excellent Señor Don Agustín Jerõnimo José de Iturbide é Huarte, Prince Imperial
of Mexico. b. at Valladolid, Mexico, 30th September 1807, educ. Ampleforth, Yorks. Granted the title
of Prince Imperial of Mexico with the style of His Imperial Highness, 22nd June 1822. Fought with
Simon Bolivar in the Colombia in the war of independence and at the Battle of Ayacucho 9th December
1824, returned to Mexico in 1831 then served at the Mexican legation in London, and as a volunteer
in the Pontifical Army. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Our Lady of Guadalupe (13.8.1822, restored 19.11.1853).
He d. unm. at New York, USA, 11th December 1866 (bur. there at the Church of St John the Evangelist)*.

* 2) H.H. Prince Don Ángel María José Ignacio Francisco de Xavier de Yturbide é Huarte. b. at Querétaro,
2nd October 1816, educ. the Jesuit Coll, Georgetown Univ, Washington, USA . Granted the title of Mexican
Prince with the style of His Highness, 22nd June 1822. Attache Mexican Legation in Washington DC 1862-
1863. Abdicated his rights in favour of his only son, 13th September 1865. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Our
Lady of Guadalupe (13.8.1822). m. at Rosedale, Georgetown, DC, USA, 1862, Doña Alicia de Yturbide Grin (d.
at Mexico City, 28th January 1892), née Alice Green, rcvd: GC of the Imperial Order of St Charles (1865),
daughter of Captain John Nathaniel Green, of Rosedale, late US Army, and his wife, Ann [Nancy] Forrest
Green, daughter of Major-General Uriah Forrest, of Georgetown, DC, by his wife, Rebecca, eldest daughter
of The Hon George Plater, of Sotterley, St Mary's Co, Maryland, sometime Governor of Maryland. He d. at
Mexico City, 28th January 1872 (bur. there in the Panteón del Tepeyac), having had issue, an only son:

o a) H.H. Prince Don Agustín de Iturbide é
Grin, Prince Imperial of Mexico - see below.

* 3) H.H. Prince Don María de Jesus de Iturbide é Huarte. b. at Mexico City, 22nd February 1818. Granted
the title of Mexican Prince with the style of His Highness by the Mexican Congress, 22nd June 1822. Rcvd:
GC of the Order of Our Lady of Guadalupe (13.8.1822). He d. unm. at Philadelphia, USA, 10th July 1849
(bur. there at the Church of St John the Evangelist).

* 4) H.H. Prince Don Salvador María de Yturbide é Huarte. b. at the Palacio Moncada, Mexico City, 17th
July 1820, educ. Coll St Barbe, Paris, France, and in Vienna, Austria. Sec Mexican Legation in Washington
DC 1849. Granted the title of Mexican Prince with the style of His Highness by the Mexican Congress,
22nd June 1822. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Our Lady of Guadalupe (13.8.1822). m. 1848, Doña María del Rosario
Felipa de Jesús Marzán y Guisasola (b. at Mexico City, before 6th February 1823; d. March 1859), daughter
of Don José Marzán y Garnasín, by his wife, Doña Petronila Guisasola. He d. (drowned) in a boating accident
on the Tepic river, Nayarit, 7th June 1856, having had issue, one son:

o a) H.H. Prince Don Salvador Agustín Francisco de Paula de Iturbide é Marzán. b. at Mexico City, 18th
September 1849, educ. Mount St Mary's Coll, Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA, and Coll St Barbe, Paris, France.
Adopted by Emperor Maximilien I and granted the title of Prince de Iturbide with the style of His Highness,
1st September 1865. Enlisted as a volunteer in the Papal Dragoons 1868, and served in the War against
Garibaldi and the Risorgimento. Settled in Venice after the defeat of the Papal forces in 1870. Received a
pension from Emperor Franz Joseph in recognition of his position as the adopted son of Emperor Maximilian.
m. at Mikos Castle, Mikosd, Hungary, 21st June 1871, H.H. Princess Doña Gizella María Terezia de Iturbide
(b. at Széplak, Hungary, 1st February 1846; m. second, at Paddington, London, 4th August 1900, Emil Jenison,
Count von Walworth, who d. at Nice, France, 10th January 1910; and d. at a nursing home in Graz, Austria,
1st April 1921), daughter of Baron Eduard Johann Nepomuk Mikos de Tarrõdhàza, by his wife, Therese María
Antonia Gludovàcz, Edler Frau de Petõhàz. He d. suddenly from a ruptured appendix, at Ajaccio, Corsica, 26th
February 1895 (bur. Cemetery of San Michele, Venice), having had issue, three daughters:

+ i) H.H. Princess Doña María Josefa Sophia de Iturbide é Mikos de Tarrõdhàza. b. at
Mikosd, Hungary 29th February 1872. m. (first) at Beszterce, 12th March 1908, Captain
Baron Johann Nepomuk Adolf Ferdinand Josef Tunkl von Aschbrunn und Hohenstadt. (b. at
Köszeg, Hungary, 12th July 1872; k-i-a at Onuth, Bukovina, 10th May 1915), Austro-
Hungarian Cavalry, son of Baron Eduard Ferdinand Tunkl von Aschbrunn und Hohenstadt,
by his wife, Anna Wilhelmina, daughter of Count Kustosch von Zubri und Lipka. m.
(second) at Beszterce, Hungary, 14th April 1823, Charles de Carriere (b. at Paris,
France, 24th November 1875; d. at Dévabànya internment camp, Rumania, November 1949),
son of Charles de Carriere. She d. at Dévabànya internment camp, Rumania, November
1949, having had issue, two daughters:

# (1) Baroness María Anna Wilhelmina Adolphina Tunkl Yturbide, née Tunkl von Aschbrunn
und Hohenstadt. b. at Temesvàr, Hungary, 4th August 1909 (d/o Baron Eduard Tunkl).
Adopted the surname of Tunkl Yturbide in 1938.

# (2) Baroness María Gizela Josefa Izabela Tunkl Yturbide. b. at Temesvàr, Hungary, 2nd October 1912
(d/o Baron Eduard Tunkl). She changed her name to Tunkl Iturbide. m. (first) at Beszterce, 8th June 1940,
Count María Gustav Adolf Egon von Götzen (b. at Grusbach, Moravia, 25th September 1904; d. at Caracas,
Venezuela, 11th May 1956), eldest son of Major Count Hubert Friedrich Wilhelm von Götzen, 9th Hussars,
Austro-Hungarian Service, Imperial and Royal Chamberlain, by his wife, Countess Emanuela Anna María
Karoline, daughter of Major Eduard, Count Khuen von Belasi, of Gandegg, Gmde St Michael, in Eppan. m.
(second) at Montevideo, Uruguay, 15th August 1959, Ottavio Stefano della Porta (b. at Gran, 14th November
1890; d. at Montevideo, Uruguay, 24th February 1971), banker and accountant. She d. at Sydney, Australia,
27th January 1981, having had issue, one son and one daughter (granted recognition of the name
Götzen-Yturbide by the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior in 1944):

* (a) Count Maximiliano Gustav Richard Albrecht Agustin Götzen-Yturbide. b. at Beszterce, Hungary, 2nd
March 1944 (s/o Count von Götzen). m. at Melbourne, Australia, 22nd September 1990, Anna Rosa María
Helena (b. at Sydney, Australia, 16th October 1966), daughter of Johann Karl von Francheschi, by his
wife, María Martha, née Kukuljevic-Bassani de Sacci. He has issue, one son and one daughter:

o (i) Count Ferdinand Leopold Maximilian Gustav Salvador Götzen
-Yturbide. b. at Perth, Western Australia, 26th August 1992.

o (i) Countess Emanuella Isabella Charlotte Helena von
Götzen-Yturbide. b. at London, 9th September 1997.

* (b) Countess Emanuela (Emma) Huberta Johanna María Gizela Götzen-Yturbide. b. at Beszterce, Hungary,
12th September 1945 (d/o Count von Götzen). m. at Perth, Western Australia, 19th October 1968 (div. there,
November 1999), Patrick Francis Philip MacAulay (b. at Bombay, India, 20th July 1936), son of Philip
MacAulay, by his wife, Mary, née O'Connor. She had issue, five sons and two daughters:

o (i) Nicholas MacAulay. b. 1970.

o (ii) Edward MacAulay. b. 1973.

o (iii) Agustin MacAulay. b. 1977.

o (iv) Patrick MacAulay. b. 1979.

o (v) Philip MacAulay. b. 1981.

o (i) Camilla MacAulay. b. 1972.

o (ii) Gizela MacAulay. b. 1985.

+ ii) H.H. Princess Doña María Gizela Anna de Iturbide é Mikos de Tarrõdhàza. b.
at Mikosd, Hungary, 10th June 1874. She d. Szombathely, Hungary, 14th February 1875.

+ iii) H.H. Princess Doña María Terezia de Iturbide é Mikos de Tarrõdhàza. b. at Gyulafehérvàr,
Hungary, 26th February 1876. Served in the Great War as a volunteer nurse with the Red Cross in
Eastern Europe 1914-1915. m. at Beszterce, Hungary, 1893, Lajos Zoltàn Lékai Török de Aranyos-
Rákos et Kadicsfalva (b. at Székelyudvarhely, Hungary, 1869; k. in a hunting accident at Pancsova
1904). She d. from cholera at Novodwor, Galicia, 7th August 1915.

* 5) H.H. Prince Don Felipe Andrés María Guadalupe de Iturbide é Huarte. b. at the Palacio
Moncada, Mexico City, 30th November 1822. He d. unm. from typhoid fever at Matamoros,
Tamaulipas, 19th November 1853.

* 6) Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Prince Don Agustín Cosme de Iturbide é Huarte. b. posthumously, at
New Orleans, USA, October 1824, educ. Mexican Military Acad, Chapultepec. Cmsnd as Ensign in the
Mexcan Army, prom Capt 1844, served in the War of the American Invasion of Mexico 1846-1848,
present at the battles of Monterrey, Buenavista, Cerro Gordo, and Chapultepec, Maj and sqd cdr in
1853, ADC to President Santa Ana 1854-1855, retd as Lt-Col. Settled in Paris in December 1865.
Rcvd: Angostura (1847), Chapultepec (1847) and Defence of the Northern Frontier (1853) medals.
He d. unm. at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 10th May 1873 (bur. Neuilly Cemetery).

* 1) H.H. Princess Doña Sabina María de la Concepción de Iturbide é Huarte. b. at Mexico City,
30th December 1810. Granted the title of Mexican Princess with the style of Her Highness, 22nd
June 1822. Settled in Paris in December 1865. She d. unm. at Philadelphia, USA, 15th July1871
(bur. there at the Church of St John the Evangelist).

* 2) H.H. Princess Doña Juana de Dios María Francisca Ramona Ignacia de Iturbide é Huarte. b. at
Mexico City, 10th March 1812. Granted the title of Mexican Princess with the style of Her Highness,
22nd June 1822. Professed a nun on her deathbed, taking the name of Sister Margarita of Jesus,
Mary and Joseph. She d. unm. at the Visitation Convent, Georgetown, Washington DC, USA, 2nd
October 1828. (bur. there).

* 3) H.H. Princess Doña Josefa de Iturbide é Huarte. b. at Irapuato, Guanajuato, 22nd December 1814.
Granted the title of Mexican Princess with the style of Her Highness, 22nd June 1822 and recognised
as Princess de Iturbide by Emperor Maximilian I, 13th September 1865. Guardian to her nephew H.H.
Prince Don Agustin. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Order of San Carlos (16.9.1865). She d. unm. at the
Hotel Comonfort, Mexico City, 5th December 1891.

* 4) H.H. Princess Doña María de Jesus de las Angustias Juana Nepomuceno de Iturbide é Huarte. b.
at Mexico City, 21st February 1818. Granted the title of Mexican Princess with the style of Her
Highness, 22nd June 1822. She d. unm. at Philadelphia, USA, 10th July 1849 (bur. there at the
Church of St John the Evangelist).

* 5) Doña María de los Dolores de Iturbide é Huarte. b. at Mexico City, before July
1819. She d. at Mexico City, 10th July 1820 (bur. there at the Cemetery of San Lazaro).

*some sources, including Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume II, suggest that he left
an illegitimate daughter by a lady from Arequipa in Peru: Doña Jesusa de Iturbide. b. in Peru,
ca 1840. Hon Presdt Catholic Ladies' Union of Peru. m. H.E. Don José Nicolás Baltasar Fernández
de Piérola é Villena (b. at Camana, Arequipa, Peru, 5th January 1839; d. at Lima, Peru, 23rd
June 1913), Minister for Finance 1868-1871, Supreme C-in-C 1879-1881, Leader of the Democratic
Party 1882, Presdt of the Republic of Peru 1895-1899, nicknamed 'El Califa'. She had issue, three
children. However, it is very clear from the marriage and death certificates of this lady, that
she was the legitimate daughter of a Don Joaquín de Itúrbide, by his wife, Doña Antonia Cadorna.

Details of Don Joaquín de Itúrbide's family have not been established. A certain Don Joaquín
Sotomayor é Iturbide is listed as a Knight-Page of Honour to Emperor Augustin I in the Court
Directory during the Emperor's reign. Another Señor Don Joaquín de Iturbide, a relative of
Santa Ana, served as Primary Official of the Ministry of the Interior and Ecclesiastical
Relations 1832-1835, and Hacienda 1835-1836, Mexican Minister for the Interior in 1839, and
for Justice in 1841. It is just possible that one of these gentlemen may be the same as the father
      of Doña Jesusa. The link with Mexico and Emperor may be real, though considerably confused.

[1867 - 1925] H.H. Prince Don Agustín de Iturbide é Grin [Prince Augustine de Yturbide],
Head of the Imperial House of Mexico. b. 2nd April 1863, only son of H.H. Prince Don
Ángel María de Iturbide é Huarte, by his wife, Doña Alicia de Iturbide Grin, educ. San
Michele, Oscott Coll, Sutton Coldfield, England, Georgetown Univ, Washington DC, USA
(PhB 1887), the National Sch, Chapultepec, and the Heroic Military Coll, Mexico City.
Adopted by Emperor Maximilien I, and was granted the title of Prince de Iturbide with
the style of His Highness, 13th September 1865. Succeeded as Head of the Imperial House
of Mexico, 19th June 1867. Cmsnd into the Mexican Army as alférez (ensign) 28/7/1888,
attached 7th Permanent Cavalry Regt at San Juan de Toeithuaca. Accused of publishing a
seditious article critical of President Porfirio Diaz, arrested and charged in May 1890
and dismissed the service. Settled in Washington DC where he taught French and Spanish
at Georgetown Univ. Author of "Mexico under President Diaz" (1894). Mbr Metropolitan
Club (Washington DC) 1887-1896. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Guadalupe and the Mexican Eagle
(30.6.1865). m. (first) 1894, Lucy Eleanor (b. 1st January 1862; d. at Epsom, Surrey,
11th May 1940), daughter of the Rev William Jackson, FSA, by his wife, Lucy Catherine,
daughter of John Charles Hatchett, of Yealmpton, Devon. m. (second) at St Matthew's
Cathedral, Washington DC, USA, 5th July 1915, Mary Louise (b. at Washington DC, 25th
September 1872; d. September 1967), daughter of Brigadier-General James Kearney, of
Quality Hill, Georgetown, DC, USA. He d.s.p. at Washington DC, USA, 3rd March 1925
(bur. Church of St John the Evangelist.

 

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