First Mexican Empire

Overview

The Mexican Empire was a constitutional monarchy and the first independent government of Mexico. It was also the only former viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire to establish a monarchy after gaining independence. The empire existed from 1821 to 1823, making it one of the few modern-era independent monarchies in the Americas. To distinguish it from the later Second Mexican Empire (1864–1867) under Emperor Maximilian, this historical period is commonly referred to as the First Mexican Empire. The empire was led by former Royal Spanish military officer Agustín de Iturbide, who ruled as Agustín I.

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Borders & accuracy

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

• SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
• DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
• SNAPSHOT1822
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire4

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Mexican War of Independence1810–21
  Major conflict · 250K dead
• Comanche Wars1706–1875
  Regional · 30K dead
• Battle of Ochomogo1823
  Regional
• Mexican civil wars of the early republic1823–46
  Regional