Maximilian von Götzen-Itúrbide

Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide
Pretender
Born March 2, 1944 (1944-03-02) (age 67)
Bistriţa, Kingdom of Romania
Title(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, 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

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,

Götzen-Iturbide lives in Australia.

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Maximilian von Götzen-Itúrbide
Cadet branch of the House of Götzen
Born: March 2 1944
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Princess Maria
— TITULAR —
Emperor of Mexico
November 1949 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1867
Incumbent
Heir:
Prince Fernando