Agustín de Iturbide y Green

Agustín de Iturbide y Green ( born April 2, 1863 in Mexico City, Mexico, † March 3, 1925, Washington, DC) was the grandson of Mexican Emperor Agustín de Iturbide. His parents were Don Ángel María de Iturbide y Huarte and his American wife Alice Green.

When the troops of the French Emperor Napoleon III. Mexico occupied and after some confusion the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph of Austria as Emperor Maximilian I sat installed, provide it with 1865 in an effort to his infamous reign in the country increased legitimacy, Agustín de Iturbide y Green to his throne heir. However, this step did not bring the desired success. After the execution of Maximilian on June 19, 1867, Agustín head of the imperial family, but had to go to England and later emigrated to the U.S. with his parents. She grew year, he renounced his throne claims and returned to Mexico. He served for a time in the Mexican army. Because he publicly criticized the current president Porfirio Díaz, he was arrested in 1890. Díaz banished him again into exile in the United States, where he married in 1915 Mary Louise Kearney ( 1872-1967 ).

Agustín de Iturbide y Green died in 1925 in Washington, DC As Agustín had no biological children, the throne - claims were transferred to the daughter of his cousin.