Maria Josepha Sophia de Iturbide

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Maria Josepha Sophia de Iturbide (29 February 1872 - November 1949) was born in Mikosd, Hungary the daughter of Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán who was a grandson of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide and an adopted son of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.

Maria Josepha was married twice, firstly to Baron Johann von Aschbrunn und Hohenstadt (12 July 1872 - 10 May 1915) who she married in Beszterce on 12 March 1908, together they had two daughters Maria Anna and Maria Gizela. She was married secondly to Charles de Carriere (24 November 1875 - November 1949) who she married on 14 April 1923 in Beszterce. Following the death of her uncle Agustín de Iturbide y Green in 1925 Maria Josepha inherited the Iturbide and Habsburg claim's to the throne of Mexico. Maria Josepha and her second husband Charles de Carriere both died in Devabanya internment camp in Romania in November 1949, and in accordance with her will and her daughters’ wishes the claim to the throne passed to her only grandson Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide.

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House of Iturbide
Born: 12 July 1872
Died: November 1949
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Agustín de Iturbide y Green
* NOT REIGNING *
Empress of Mexico
(1925–1949)
* Reason for Succession Failure: *
Empire abolished in 1867 
Succeeded by
Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide
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