House of Iturbide

House of Iturbide
Country Mexico
Founded1432: Martín de Iturbide was ennobled by King John II of Aragon, with the position of perpetual mayor of the Baztan Valley.
22 June 1822: It became an imperial house with Agustín I.
FounderAgustín I
Current headMaximilian von Götzen-Iturbide (cognatic descendant)
Titles
Dissolution1949 (in agnatic line; last male dynast died in 1925)

The House of Iturbide (Spanish: Casa de Iturbide) is a former Imperial House of Mexico. It was founded by the Sovereign Mexican Constituent Congress on 22 June 1822 when the newly independent Mexican congress confirmed Agustín I's title of Constitutional Emperor of Mexico. He was baptized with the names of Saints Augustine, Cosmas, and Damian at the cathedral there. The last name Iturbide was originally from the Basque Country, Spain, this currently imperial house has an origin in the nobility called "hidalguía", which is the untitled nobility equivalent to the knight in the British nobility system. Agustín abdicated and lived in exile with the prohibition on returning to Mexico. Despite that ban, he returned, was captured, and executed. Grandchildren of Emperor Agustín were adopted by Maximilian I of Mexico (1864–67), who had no biological children, and granted some status in the ephemeral Second Mexican Empire.

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