Agustín de Iturbide

Agustín de Iturbide (27 September 1783 – 19 July 1824) and later known as Emperor Agustín I of Mexico was an officer in the royal Spanish army. Iturbide born in what was then called Valladolid, now Morelia, the provincial capital of Michoacán, Cola

Agustín I
Copy of a portrait of Agustín I, Constitutional Emperor of Mexico,
Emperor of Mexico
Reign	19 May 1822 – 19 March 1823
Coronation	21 July 1822
Predecessor	Monarchy established
Successor	Provisional Government (Chronologically) Maximilian I (as Emperor)
Prime Ministers	List José Manuel de Herrera
President of the Regency of Mexico
In office	28 September 1821 – 18 May 1822
Predecessor	Monarchy established
Successor	Juan Nepomuceno Almonte (Second Mexican Empire)
Born	Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu (1783-09-27)27 September 1783 Valladolid, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico)
Died	19 July 1824(1824-07-19) (aged 40) Padilla, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Burial	26 October 1838 Mexico City Cathedral
Spouse	Ana María Josefa Ramona de Huarte y Muñiz
Issue	Agustín Jerónimo, Prince Imperial of Mexico Princess Sabina Princess Juana de Dios Princess Josefa Prince Ángel Princess María de Jesús Princess María de los Dolores Prince Salvador María Prince Felipe Prince Agustín Cosme
Full name Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu
House	Iturbide
Father	José Joaquín de Iturbide y Arreguí
Mother	María Josefa de Arámburu y Carrillo de Figueroa
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Iturbide's father, Joaquín de Iturbide, came from a family of the Basque gentry who were confirmed in nobility by King Juan II of Aragon. During the Mexican War of Independence and increased his influence outside the country. He even had credible plans for the reconquest of the old colony. For those reasons, no European noble would accept the offer of a Mexican crown. In Mexico itself, there was no Mexican noble family that the populace would accept as royalty. He was executed by firing squad on 19 July 1824.

His son Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte was the Pretender to the throne of Mexico and led a coalition of former royalists and long-time insurgents under his Plan of Iguala. The combined forces under Iturbide brought about Mexican independence in September 1821 A year later, he was proclaimed Emperor, reigning from 19 May 1822 to 19 March 1823, when he abdicated. In May 1823 he went into exile in Europe. When he returned to Mexico in July 1824, he was arrested and executed.