Salvador de Iturbide y Huarte

Salvador MarÃÂa de Iturbide y Huarte (17 July 1820 Ã¢ÂÂ 7 June 1856) was the eighth child (and third son) of AgustÃÂn I of Mexico and Empress Ana Maria Huarte. He was married in 1845 to DoÃÂ±a MarÃÂa del Rosario de MarzÃÂ¡n y Guisasola. His descendants, through his son Salvador de Iturbide y de MarzÃÂ¡n, are the current pretenders to the Mexican Throne. He was in the Secretary Mexican Legation in Washington, D.C., in 1849.

Biography

Prince Salvador was two years old when he became a Mexican Prince and was styled Highness by the Mexican Congress. He had nine brothers and sisters; Prince Imperial AgustÃÂn JerÃÂ³nimo, Princess Sabina, Princess Juana, Princess Josefa, Prince ÃÂngel, Princess MarÃÂa, Princess Dolores, Prince Felipe, and Prince AgustÃÂn Cosme. He was educated at CollÃÂ¨ge Sainte-Barbe, Paris, as well as in Vienna.

Salvador was the third in line to the throne, after his brother ÃÂngel de Iturbide y Huarte. When Maximilian I of Mexico was crowned emperor, he contacted the Iturbide family to ask for the adoption of two boys: His Highness, AgustÃÂn de Iturbide y Green, son of ÃÂngel, and His Highness Salvador de Iturbide y MarzÃÂ¡n, son of Salvador.

He drowned in a boating accident on the Tepic River, Nayarit, on 7 June 1856.

The Sovereign Mexican Constituent Congress decreed on June 22, 1822 the following:

Art 1 ÃÂ°. The Mexican Monarchy, in addition to being moderate and Constitutional, is also hereditary.
Art 2 ÃÂ°. Consequently, the Nation calls the succession of the Crown for the death of the current Emperor, his firstborn son Don AgustÃÂn JerÃÂ³nimo de Iturbide. The Constitution of the Empire will decide the order of succession of the throne.
Art 3 ÃÂ°. The crown prince will be called "Prince Imperial" and will have the treatment of Imperial Highness.
Art 4 ÃÂ°. The legitimate sons and daughters of H.I.M will be called "Mexican Princes", and will have the treatment of Highness.
Art 5 ÃÂ°. Don JosÃÂ© JoaquÃÂn de Iturbide y ArreguÃÂ, Father of H.I.M, is decorated with the title of "Prince of the Union" and the treatment of Highness, during his life.
Art 6 ÃÂ°. It is also granted the title of "Princess of Iturbide" and the treatment of Highness, during her life, to DoÃÂ±a MarÃÂa Nicolasa de Iturbide y ArÃÂ¡mburo, sister of the Emperor.