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3 unusual facts about Agustín de Iturbide


Agustín de Iturbide

The 1812 Cadiz Constitution, that was reinstated in Spain in 1820 after the successful Riego Revolt, established a constitutional monarchy, which greatly limited Ferdinand VII's powers.

With her dowry of 100,000 pesos, the couple bought the Hacienda of Apeo in the small town of Maravatío.

By the Grace of God

Agustín de Iturbide of Mexico was styled Agustín I, By the Providence of God, Constitutional Emperor of Mexico


Antonio María Martínez

Agustín de Iturbide was in possession of Mexico, and Martínez, at the request of the Baron de Bastrop, approved Moses Austin's petition for permission to bring 300 settlers into Texas.

María Ignacia Rodríguez de Velasco y Osorio Barba

She was a good friend of Agustín de Iturbide, future emperor of Mexico, and an admirer of the German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.

Salvador de Iturbide y Huarte

Prince Salvador of Mexico, also named Salvador de Iturbide y Huarte (1820 - June 7, 1856) was the eighth child (and third son) of Agustín I of Mexico and Empress Ana Maria Huarte.

Agustín de Iturbide y Aramburu


see also

Military history of Mexico

Thus although independence from Spain was first proclaimed in 1810, it was not formalized until 1821, under the Treaty of Córdoba, which was signed on September 16 in Córdoba, Veracruz, by the Spanish viceroy Juan de O'Donojú and Agustín de Iturbide, ratifying the Plan de Iguala.