Charlotte of Belgium

Full name
	French: Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine; Spanish: María Carlota Amelia Augusta Victoria Clementina Leopoldina

Charlotte of Belgium
Charlotte of Belgium
Empress consort of Mexico
Tenure	10 April 1864 – 15 May 1867
Born	7 June 1840; Palace of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium
Died	19 January 1927 (aged 86); Bouchout Castle, Meise, Kingdom of Belgium
Burial	Royal Crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Spouse	Maximilian I of Mexico; (m. 1857; died 1867)
Full name
Full name
	French: Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine; Spanish: María Carlota Amelia Augusta Victoria Clementina Leopoldina
House	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (by birth); Habsburg-Lorraine (by marriage);
Father	Leopold I of Belgium
Mother	Louise of Orléans

Charlotte of Belgium (7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As the wife of Archduke Maximilian of Austria, Viceroy of Lombardy–Venetia and later Emperor of Mexico, she became Archduchess of Austria (in 1857) and Empress of Mexico (in 1864).

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