OTD 7 June 1840 Carlota of Mexico
Carlota of Mexico was born on June 7th. 1840 in Belgium as the only daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium and his second wife Louise of Orléans. She had 3 brothers: Louis Philippe (who died in infancy), Leopold (who became King Leopold II) and Philippe, Count of Flanders. Carlota - Source picture: Wikipedia When Charlotte was then years old, her mother died in Ostend of turberculosis. The princess grew up by a close family friend the Countess of Hulste. On July 27th. 1857 she married in Brussels her second cousin Archduke Maximilian of Austria (younger brother of Emperor Franz Josef). Princess Charlotte and her husband - Source picture: Wikipedia She disliked her sister-in-law Empress Elisabeth (Sisi). Princess Charlotte was prized by her mother-in-law, Archduchess Sophie ( see my today in history of May 28th .) Later the couple moved to Italy, where Maximilian was governor of the provinces Lombardy and Venetia. In 1859, Franz Josef