<P> Maximilian formally accepted the crown on 10 April , signing the Treaty of Miramar , and landed at Veracruz on 28 May ( or possibly 29 May ) 1864 in the SMS Novara . He was enthroned as Maximilian , Emperor of Mexico , with his wife Charlotte of Belgium , known by the Spanish form of her name , Carlota . In reality , Maximilian was a puppet monarch of the Second French Empire . </P>
<P> Maximilian formally accepted the crown on 10 April , signing the Treaty of Miramar , and landed at Veracruz on 28 May ( or possibly 29 May ) 1864 in the SMS Novara . He was enthroned as Maximilian , Emperor of Mexico , with his wife Charlotte of Belgium , known by the Spanish form of her name , Carlota . In reality , Maximilian was a puppet monarch of the Second French Empire . </P>
who did france choose to be the emperor of mexico
who did france choose to be the emperor of mexico
Maximilian
Maximilian