Green leather album. Contains 60 CDVs, many produced by L'Angerer of Vienna and Prevot in Mexico City. 

The album seems to have been assembled by a supporter of the Second Mexican Empire. It features 13 views of Emperor Maximilian I and his wife Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927). Additionally, the album contains many views of their royal relatives, including his brother, Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph I (including two views with all three of his brothers including Maximilian); his youngest brother, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria; Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, as a child, wearing an overlarge military uniform; his cousin, King Leopold I of Belgium; and his mother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria.

Importantly, the album includes many views related to the reign of Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico. Views include: the painting depicting the Mexican Delegation appointing Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico by Ceasrae Dell'Acqua; a group portrait of the Mexican delegation; a portrait of General Tomás Mejía, a conservative general who was executed alongside the Emperor; Miguel Miramón, former President of Mexico and conservative general who was also executed; Colonel Miguel Lopez who, though initially in service to the Emperor, betrayed the town of Querétaro to Republicans and there Maximilian and his generals were captured; 11 portraits of soldiers in uniform, presumably fighting for conservative forces during the Reform War; and several views related to Maximilian's execution including two CDVs of his bullet-ridden clothes, the site of execution, the firing squad, and his coffin. 

Maximilian (1832-1867) was an Austrian archduke, the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, who became the Mexican Emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867. 

After Mexican independence in 1821, liberal and conservative parties emerged, including a monarchist faction. In 1859, Maximilian was approached by an envoy of Mexican monarchists offering him the throne. With a pledge of French military support, he accepted the crown of Mexico on 10 April 1864. 

During his reign, he sought to implement liberal policies at the cost of his conservative backers. At the end of the American Civil War, the United States began to provide aid to Benito Juárez, whom they still recognized as the legitimate head of state. The French armies began to withdraw in the face of renewed US vigor in enforcing the Monroe Doctrine. The monarchy collapsed and he was captured, tried, and executed in June 1867. 

A fine album that covers his life, reign, and death. 

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