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On 7 June 1840, Princess Marie Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the youngest and only female child of Leopold I, King of Belgium, and his second wife Louise Marie of Orl\u00e9ans, was born in Laeken. Orphaned by her mother, who died of tuberculosis, Charlotte was entrusted to the care of a governess, Countess Denise d’Hulst – a close family friend, to whom she will become deeply attached.
\nShe met Maximilian at a court ball in the palace of Laeken, and a mutual liking immediately developed, leading to their engagement in 1856 and marriage a few months later. The honeymoon included several stops including Vienna, Trieste and Venice.
\nOn 6 September 1857, the couple entered Milan, capital of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, of which Maximilian was governor. After Maximilian resigned as governor of Lombardy-Venetia, Charlotte settled in Trieste with her husband, living in Miramare, first in the Castelletto and then in the Castle. During a trip with Maximilian that began in November, Charlotte stayed for a few months in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, while Maximilian continued alone to Brazil.
\nIn July 1859, the couple moved to Trieste and on Christmas Eve they went to live in the apartments on the ground floor of Miramare Castle where they spent the next four years in peace and harmony.
\nIn 1864, after Maximilian of Habsburg received the crown as emperor of Mexico, they set out for the new continent aboard the frigate Novara.
\nLife in Mexico proved difficult because of Benito Juarez’s revolutionary uprising that led young Charlotte to seek military and economic aid in Europe, at the court of Napoleon III and Pope Pius IX, but she was dismissed. She began to show signs of loss of lucidity and was brought back to Trieste shortly thereafter by her brother Leopold II, King of Belgium.
\nCharlotte was placed in the care of doctors Riedel and Jilek, who diagnosed the princess’s insanity. Wanting to conceal his wife’s true illness, Maximilian was told that she had been stricken with severe meningitis.
\nIn the meantime, the situation in Mexico worsened and, on 19 June 1867, Maximilian was executed by Benito Juarez’s revolutionaries.
\nNow isolated and under close surveillance in the Castelletto, Charlotte was hidden her husband\u2019s tragic death for many years. A few months later, on 27 July 1867, the queen of Belgium, Marie Henriette of Austria, took the Archduchess with her to Belgium, where she would die at the age of eighty-seven on 19 June 1927.
\nShe rests in Notre Dame Church in Laeken.<\/p>\n
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l Castello di Miramare e il suo Parco sorgono per volont\u00e0 dell\u2019arciduca Massimiliano d\u2019Asburgo che decide, attorno al 1855, di farsi costruire alla periferia di Trieste una residenza consona al proprio rango, affacciata sul mare e cinta da un esteso giardino.<\/p>\n
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l Castello di Miramare e il suo Parco sorgono per volont\u00e0 dell\u2019arciduca Massimiliano d\u2019Asburgo che decide, attorno al 1855, di farsi costruire alla periferia di Trieste una residenza consona al proprio rango, affacciata sul mare e cinta da un esteso giardino.<\/p>\n
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1832 \u2013 6 JULY<\/strong> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”CHARLOTTE OF BELGIUM” admin_label=”CARLOTTA DEL BELGIO” module_class=”blurb_hover_content_05″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n 1840 \u2013 7 June<\/strong> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”MIRAMARE AFTER MAXIMILIAN” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”MIRAMARE DOPO MASSILIANO” module_class=”blurb_hover_content_06″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]In 1867, upon Maximilian’s death and after Charlotte’s departure for Belgium, the castle welcomed the Habsburg family for short periods…[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”AMEDEO OF SAVOY” admin_label=”AMEDEO DI SAVOIA” module_class=”blurb_hover_content_08″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n In 1930, the Italian government designated Miramare Castle as the residence of Duke Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta. Alberto Riccoboni, architect of the Regia Soprintendenza alle Belle Arti (Italian Royal Superintendency of Fine Arts) supervised the project for the architectural renovation of the castle…<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”THE CASTLE” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”il castello” module_class=”blurb_hover_content_07″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n The Castello di Miramare is an elegant ivory-white building that stands on the tip of the karst promontory of Grignano, 10 km from the city of Trieste…<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”THE PARK” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”IL PARCO” module_class=”blurb_hover_content_09″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h3″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n The Park of Miramare is the result of the challenging work conducted over many years by Maximilian of Habsburg on the karst promontory of Grignano…<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_button button_text=”LA STORIA” button_alignment=”right” button_alignment_tablet=”center” button_alignment_phone=”center” button_alignment_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled_on=”on|on|on” module_class=”page-btn” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Charlotte of BelgiumOn 7 June 1840, Princess Marie Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the youngest and only female child of Leopold I, King of Belgium, and his second wife Louise Marie of Orl\u00e9ans, was born in Laeken. Orphaned by her mother, who died of tuberculosis, Charlotte was entrusted to the care of a governess, Countess Denise d’Hulst […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12606","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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Princess Marie Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the youngest and only female child of Leopold I, King of Belgium, and his second wife Louise Marie of Orl\u00e9ans, was born in Laeken…<\/p>\n