The tragic story of Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlota of Mexicco; their lives in pictures. The Austrian Maximilian and his Belgian wife Carlota became monarchs of Mexico in 1864. Maximilian went down in defeat and was executed by Benito Juarez in 1867. Carlota went insane and lived isolated in Belgium until her death in the 1920's.
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g9poTS7nH3o/mqdefault.jpg)