Second Mexican Empire

The Second Mexican Empire was the monarchy established with French support under Maximilian of Habsburg. It lasted from 1864 to 1867 and ended when republican forces defeated the empire.

For citizenship study, the empire is important because it shows the struggle between monarchy backed by foreign intervention and the republican government defended by Juárez.

Maximiliano de Habsburgo was the second emperor of Mexico, ruling the Second Mexican Empire that arose from the second French intervention between 1863 and 1867. Maximilian of Habsburg was executed in Querétaro on June 19, 1867.