THE MEXICAN EMPIRE OF ITURBIDE Timothy E. Anna The Mexican Empire of liutbide University of Nebraska Press Lincoln & London Copyright © 1990 by the University of Nebraska Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the minimum require¬ ments of American National Standard for Information Sciences - Perma¬ nence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging in Pubhcation Data Anna, Timothy E. 1944- The Mexican empire of Iturbide/ Timothy E. Arma p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ■^ISBN 0-8032-r027-2 (alkahne paper) r. Iturbide, Agustin de, 1783-1824. 2. Mexico - Pohtics and government — i82i-i86r. I. Title. F1232.1 853AS6 1990 972'. O4'o92-dc20 % [b] 89-4944 CIP Typeset in Linotron Trump Medieval To my other parents, Jean and Ted Ekiel