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Maximilian or Maximillian (sometimes Maximilia) is a name of Latin origin meaning "greatest." It may refer to:

Trivia about maximilian

  • If you're German and your nickname is Max, it's likely that this is your first name
  • In 1863 Napoleon III persuaded this Archduke to become Emperor of Mexico
  • Though Victor Hugo & Garibaldi petitioned to save this emperor's life, he was executed in 1867
  • A 41.94 carat diamond is named for this emperor; we assume his wife Carlotta was mad about it
  • This Austrian archduke was the first to have the peso coin inscribed "1 Peso"
  • Darius Milhaud wrote a 1932 opera about this Hapsburg emperor of Mexico
  • In "Execution of the Emperor", he's the former Mexican leader facing a firing squad, seen here
  • He & Carlota landed in Mexico on May 28, 1864
  • Using newspaper accounts of the event, Edouard Manet painted the "Execution of" this emperor in Mexico
  • Born in Vienna in 1832, he was executed in Mexico in 1867
  • June 10, 1864:This archduke is crowned Emperor of Mexico
  • The 200' Chapultepec Hill boasts the castle where this Mexican emperor lived in the 1860s
  • Brian Aherne was doomed to play this emperor in the 1939 film "Juarez"
  • This Austrian began his short tenure as Mexican emperor by landing at Veracruz in 1864
  • His resume includes Austrian Archduke & (tragically) Emperor of Mexico
  • This emperor of Mexico was betrayed in 1867 by one of his trusted officers
  • This archduke of Austria who became emperor of Mexico died before a firing squad in 1867
  • After losing the support of the French army, this emperor of Mexico faced a firing squad in June 1867

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