Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte

Agustín Jerónimo
Prince Imperial of Mexico
The only known image of the Prince Imperial.
Born	(1807-09-30)30 September 1807 Valladolid, Michoacán, New Spain
Died	11 November 1866(1866-11-11) (aged 59) New York, New York, United States
Burial	Roman Catholic Church of St John the Evangelist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Full name Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte
House	House of Iturbide
Father	Agustín de Iturbide
Mother	Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Styles of Agustín Jerónimo, Prince Imperial of Mexico
Reference style	His Imperial Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial Highness
Alternative style	Sire

Don Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte, Prince Imperial of Mexico (30 September 1807 - 11 November 1866) was the son of the first Mexican Emperor Agustín I of Mexico, the heir apparent to the First Mexican Empire and a member of the Imperial House of Iturbide; later in his life he served as a military officer in South America and also worked as a diplomat for the United Mexican States at the Mexican embassy in the United States and in London after his military career had ended in South America.

Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte was born in the city of Valladolid in the state of Michoacán in New Spain. His parents, Agustín de Iturbide and Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz, were Spanish-Basque aristocrats and owned large tracts of farmland, the two haciendas of Apeo and Guaracha as well as more land in nearby Quirio. Agustín had several other siblings, including:

He spent his early years with his mother and other siblings on their two haciendas as his father was fighting in the Mexican War of Independence and was little at home with his children. Eventually he was able to build a successful military and political coalition and managed to capture Mexico City on 27 September 1821, decisively ending the war. On 19 May 1822 his father was elected Emperor of Mexico by the Mexican Congress, young Agustín reportedly became so dizzy he could hardly stand when he heard the news of his father's election as emperor of the new nation.

Only three days later on 22 June 1822, the young Agustín was made heir apparent to the throne with the title of Prince Imperial of Mexico which came with the style of Imperial Highness and the honorific title of "Don". All his other siblings received the title of Prince or Princess of Mexico, with the style of Highness. The new imperial family moved into the Palace of Iturbide in Mexico City, where Agustín de Iturbide had lived before when he was the President of the Regency.