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Maximilian (1832-1867) accepted that title when the French emperor Napoleon III's troops occupied the country, but encountered resistance from the deposed president Juarez.
In 1866, after the French troops withdrew on the insistence the USA, Maximilian was captured by Mexican republicans and shot.
Why is Maximilian famous?
Maximilian was Emperor of Mexico from 1864 to 1867.
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republican
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