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Thank you for posting these wonderful pictures, Catherine. Would you happen to know when they were taken? I've always been curious, particularly about the first photo, which in a book I have says it was taken in January of 1866. Carlota seems to be dressed in mourning for her father who had just...

Yes, it does make sense, and Maximilian actually was thinking of extending his Empire to Central America. It was one of the reasons he sent Carlota to Yucatán in late 1865. But I don't think your assertion that the power struggles in Mexico immediately returned after Maximilian was shot is quite...