Prince Salvador of Mexico, also named Salvador de Iturbide y Huarte (1820 - June 7, 1856) was the eighth child (and third son) of Agustín I of Mexico

Agustín de Iturbide

Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu , also known as Augustine I of Mexico, was a Mexican army general who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821, decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence...

 and Empress Ana Maria Huarte

Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz

Ana María Josefa Ramona de Huarte y Muñiz , was the consort of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide of Mexico. She was daughter of the nobleman Isidro Huarte, provincial intendant and descendant of the Marquis of Altamira....

. He was married in 1845 to Doña María del Rosario de Marzán y Guizasola. His descendants, through his son Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán

Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán

Don Salvador, Prince of Iturbide, also named Salvador de Iturbide y Marzán . was the second adopted son of Maximilian I of Mexico.-Family:...

, are the current pretenders to the Mexican Throne.

Biography

Prince Salvador was two years old when he was created Príncipe de México (Prince of Mexico) and styled Highness

Highness

Highness, often used with a possessive adjective , is an attribute referring to the rank of the dynasty in an address...

. He had nine brothers and sisters; Agustin Jeromino, Prince Imperial, Princess Sabina, Princess Juana María

Sister Margarita of Jesus

Juana María de Iturbide y Huarte , Princess of Mexico, known as Sister Margarita of Jesus, was the third child of Agustín I of Mexico and Empress Ana Maria Huarte...

, Princess Josefa, Prince Ángel, Princess María Isis, Princess María, Prince Felipe, and Prince Agustín Cosme.

Salvador was the third in line to the throne, after his brother Ángel de Iturbide y Huarte. When Maximilian I of Mexico

Maximilian I of Mexico

Maximilian I was the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire.After a distinguished career in the Austrian Navy, he was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on April 10, 1864, with the backing of Napoleon III of France and a group of Mexican monarchists who sought to revive the Mexican monarchy...

 was crowned emperor

Emperor

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, he contacted the Iturbide

Iturbide

Iturbide may refer to:*Iturbide *House of Iturbide, royal house of Mexico**Agustín I of Mexico*Iturbide Bridge, a locale of the Tampico Affair*Villa de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí...

 family to ask for the adoption of two boys: His Highness, Agustín de Iturbide y Green

Agustín de Iturbide y Green

Don Agustín de Iturbide y Green, Prince of Iturbide was the grandson of Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor of independent Mexico, and his consort Empress Ana María...

, son of Ángel, and His Highness Salvador de Iturbide y Marzán (his own).

He was drowned in a boating

Boating

Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels , focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or water skiing...

 accident on the Tepic River in 1856.

Ancestry