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Maximillian I of Mexico

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Episode • Dec 2, 2020 • 41m

Maximilian I (Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph MariaSpanishFernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who reigned as the only Emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution on 19 June 1867. A younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Maximilian had a distinguished career as commander-in-chief of the Imperial Austrian Navy.

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