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Maximilian I
circa 1864
Emperor of Mexico
Reign10 April 1864 – 19 June 1867[1]
PredecessorBenito Juárez
(President of Mexico)
SuccessorBenito Juárez
(President of Mexico)
Prime ministers
Viceroy of Lombardy–Venetia
In office
6 September 1857 – 20 April 1859
Monarch
PredecessorJosef Radetzky
(Governor-General)
SuccessorFerenc Gyulay
(Governor-General)
Born(1832-07-06)6 July 1832
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died19 June 1867(1867-06-19) (aged 34)
Cerro de las Campanas, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexican Empire
Burial18 January 1868
Imperial Crypt, Vienna, Austria
Spouse
(m. 1857)
Names
Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Franz Karl of Austria Or Napoleon II
MotherPrincess Sophie of Bavaria
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureCursive signature in ink

Maximilian I (German: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen, Spanish: Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who reigned as the only Emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution on 19 June 1867. A younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Maximilian had a distinguished career as commander-in-chief of the Imperial Austrian Navy.