- Maximilian von Götzen-Itúrbide
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Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide Pretender 
Born March 2, 1944
Beszterce, Kingdom of HungaryTitle(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 ¹ via adoption Maximiliano Gustav Richard Albrecht Agustin von Götzen-Iturbide (born March 2, 1944 in Bistriţa, Romania (then Hungary), 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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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.
Family
Coat of arms of the First Mexican Empire
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.
Ancestors
Ancestors of Maximilian von Götzen-Itúrbide 16. Count Kurt von Götzen 8. Count Gustav Adolf von Götzen 17. Countess Matilde von Reichenbach-Goschü 4. Count Hubert von Götzen 18. Count Adolf Alberti von Poja 9. Countess Maria Alberti von Poja 19. Christine Bezerédy de Bezeréd 2. Count Gustav von Götzen 20. Count Gabriel Khuen von Belasi 10. Count Eduard Khuen von Belasi 21. Baroness Elizabeth Eyrl von y zu Waldgries y Liebe 5. Countess Emanuela Khuen von Belasi 22. Eduard Kammel Edler von Hardegger 11. Emanuela Edle Kammel von Hardegger 23. Countess Ana von Hardegger 1. Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide 24. Baron Josef Maximilian Tunkl von Aschbrunn and Hohenstadt 12. Baron Eduard Tunkl von Aschbrunn and Hohenstadt 25. María Ana Malypetrova 6. Baron Johann Tunkl von Aschbrunn and Hohenstadt 26. Count Jan Kustosch of Zubřího and Lipky 13. Countess Anna Wilhelmina Kustosch of Zubřího and Lipky 27. Anna Bohušová of Otěšic 3. Baroness Maria Gizella Tunkl-Iturbide 28. Salvador de Iturbide y Huarte 14. Salvador de Iturbide y Marzán 29. Rosario de Marzán y Guizasola 7. María Josefa de Iturbide y Mikos 30. Baron Eduard Mikos of Tarrodháza 15. Baroness Gizela Mikos of Tarrodháza 31. Theresa Gludovácz of Petöháza External links
References
Maximilian von Götzen-ItúrbideHouse of Habsburg-IturbideCadet branch of the House of GötzenBorn: March 2 1944Titles in pretence Preceded by
Princess Maria— TITULAR —
Emperor of Mexico
November 1949 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1867Incumbent
Heir:
Prince FernandoPretenders to the Mexican throne since 1823 First Empire Emperor Agustín I (1823-1824)
Prince Imperial Agustín (1824-1864)Second Empire Emperor Maximilian I (1867)
Prince Maximilian (1949-present)
Prince Agustín (1867-1925)
Princess Maria (1925-1949)See also House of Habsburg-ItúrbideCategories:- 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 Transylvania
- People from Bistriţa
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