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Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling
Franz Leopold Schmelzer

Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling

  • Documentary

Ambition became a tragedy

RELEASE

2015-02-12

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LENGTH

53 min

Description

The life and struggles of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria of Habsburg-Lorraine (1832-1867), emperor of the Second Mexican Empire as Maximilian I of Mexico from 1864 to 1867 (under the wing of Emperor Napoleon III and the French Empire), his tragic confrontation with Mexican leader Benito Juárez, the defeat of the will and the end of a dream.