Carlota, una princesa nacida para gobernar
Carlota, a princess born to rule

Author(s): Barbara Obtułowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Carlota Amelia Coburg; Maximilian I of Habsburg; Second Mexican Empire
Summary/Abstract: The present article presents a figure Carlota Amelia Coburg, daughter of King Leopold I of the Belgians, and her exceptional qualities to exercise power. Carlota was the wife of Habsburg Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venice (1857—1859), emperor of Mexico (1864—1867). Thanks to his father, Leopold I, King of the Belgians, she received an excellent education in all subjects, especially in foreign policy languages, law, and diplomacy. Her role in the history of the Second Mexican Empire is fundamental. It was she who persuaded her husband to accept the Mexican crown and then not allow him to abdicate. During three years of the existence of the Empire, Carlota not only helped Maximilian I to take reins of the state, but also to have real power as regent.

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