Empress Carlota of Mexico

Empress Carlota of Mexico
Placed on the throne in Mexico with her husband, Maximilian, by Napoleon III, she soon discovered that the people of Mexico preferred self-rule. She returned to Europe to find support for her husband, and ended up "hopelessly insane," as contemporary records tell the story.

Carlota
Encyclopedia Britannica profile of Empress Carlota.

Charlotte's Letters and a Photograph Album
Information on letters of Princess Charlotte (Empress Carlota), written 1846-1865, which are at the Woodson Research Center, Rice University. Some of the letters are online in digitized form, and some of the photographs have been converted and placed online as well, including one of Carlota herself.

Juarez
1939 film with Bette Davis as the Empress Carlotta.

Maximilian of Mexico
Article by John S.C. Abbott, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, October 1868. Page images. A sympathetic portrait, written just a year after Maximilian's execution. Includes, on pages 669-670, several paragraphs about Carlota's early life, and on following pages, a description of her years in Mexico, and on page 676, some delicate description of her "delirium" and "insanity."

Maximilian Emperor of Mexico
Andrew Burgess photograph of Carlota's husband.

Mexico City
Some mentions and photos of Chapultepec Castle, originally built for Maximilian and Carlota, now the National History Museum with some rooms preserved which were used by the Emperor and Empress. (The background makes the page difficult to read; you might have to turn images off in your browser to read the text, and back on to view the photos.)

Story of Maximilian and Carlota
The story of Carlota and Maximilian from the Grand Opera.