HRH Princess Charlotte of Belgium

Only daughter of King Leopold I of the Belgians
Empress Carlota of Mexico


Date & place of birth June 7, 1840 Castle Laeken, Laeken, Brussels
Born as HRH Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Names Marie Charlotte Amelie Auguste Victoire Clementine Leopoldine

Father King Leopold I of the Belgians
Mother Princess Louise Marie of Orleans (Queen Louise Marie of the Belgians)





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born) Habsburg-Lorraine (marriage)
Empress consort April 10, 1864-May 15, 1867
Tenure 2 years 35 days
Predecessor Ana Marie de Huarte and Muniz
Successor Monarchy abolished





Siblings (3)
Youngest of four children (3 brothers)
Prince Louis-Philippe of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (King Leopold II of the Belgians)
Prince Philippe of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha





Married July 27, 1857 Royal Palace, Brussels
Spouse Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (then Archduke Maximilian of Austria)

*Took the name Carlota (Spanish form of Charlotte when she became Empress of Mexico)





Died January 19, 1927 Bouchout Castle, Meise, near Brussels (age 68)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels





Titles
HRH Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HI&RH Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HIM Empress of Mexico, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HIM Empress of Mexico, Princess of Belgium, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony (from March 14, 1891)
HIM Empress of Mexico, Princess of Belgium (from 1918)





Paternal grandparents
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Count Henry XXIV Reuss of Ebersdorf
Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg





Maternal grandparents
King Louis Philippe I of the French
Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Siciles (Queen Maria Amalia of the French)

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Louis Philippe II of Orleans
Princess Louise Marie of Bourbon
King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria