page_title: Agustín de Iturbide y Green
section_title: Mexican heir
hierarchical_section_title: Agustín de Iturbide y Green / Mexican heir
caption_attribution_description: English: Agustín de Iturbide y Green
context_page_description: Agustín de Iturbide y Green was the grandson of Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor of independent Mexico, and his consort Ana María Huarte.
  He became the adopted son with the title of Prince of Iturbide, along with his cousin Salvador de Itúrbide y de Marzán, of Mexico's only other royal heads of state, Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico and Empress Carlota of Mexico. After the death of Emperor Maximilian in 1867, he became the Head of the Imperial House of Mexico, but he had no children. His claims passed to Maria Josepha Sophia de Iturbide, the daughter of his cousin, Salvador.
context_section_description: When Maximilian and Carlota ascended the throne of Mexico in 1863 with the support of the French troops of Napoleon III, the new monarchs invited the Iturbide family back to Mexico. As it became clear that Maximilian and Carlota could have no children together, they offered to adopt Iturbide, which was agreed to with enthusiasm by his father and reluctance by his mother. Iturbide and his cousin were granted the title of Prince de Iturbide and style of Highness by imperial decree of 16 Septiembre 1865 and were ranked after the reigning family.
caption: Iturbide in 1888
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