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The Archduke Maximilian of Austria married Charlotte of Belgium in July 1857. However, by the time they became emperor and empress of Mexico, they still had no children. The decision to adopt Iturbide's grandsons seems as if they had accepted the fact that there would be no children.
I find it hard to believe that Charlote as duty-bound as she was, would've neglected this - the primary of her duties. Can any one shed any light on the cause of their childlessness? And would a child have helped the Mexican Empire survive?
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