The Mexican adventure of Maximilian and Charlotte through Belgian eyes. The Mexican Empire in the Newspaper Press (1864-1867). (Wim Bouw), Charlotte and Napoleon It will hardly have surprised the Belgian population that the negotiations with Napoleon came to nothing. Following Charlotte's departure from Paris, Le Journal de Bruxelles wrote Le Journal de Bruxelles, 25 augustus 1866.
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Nothing specific about the outcome of her mission is yet known, but public rumor persists in reducing to very little, if not nothing, any concessions she would have obtained from the emperor.

— The Mexican adventure of Maximilian and Charlotte through Belgian eyes. The Mexican Empire in the Newspaper Press (1864-1867). (Wim Bouw), Charlotte and Napoleon

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Carlota of Mexico

About Carlota of Mexico

Charlotte of Belgium (Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine); 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as such she was also styled Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony). As the wife of Archduke Maximilian of Austria, Viceroy of Lombardy–Venetia and later Emperor of Mexico, she became Archduchess of Austria (in 1857) and Empress consort of the Second Mexican Empire (in 1864).