Maximilian von Österreich
by Winterhalter
born 1832- executed 1867
His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Imperial . Archduke Maximilian of Austria, Prince of Hungary & Bohemia
love child
traveller
lover
botanist
Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian Navy
progressive
Viceroy of Lombardy - Venetia
Milanese liberal
adventurer
Emperor of Mexico
executed by a firing squad
last words VIVA MEXICO
&
lover of emeralds
His Own
His Own
legend says the emerald belonged to Cuauhtemoc -last Aztec King
Cartier set the Emerald with diamonds for Marjorie Merriewaether Post
(Smithsonian image)
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