The James Logan Courier

By Emily Low, Courier Opinion Editor

Perhaps, on a certain Friday, you may have noticed quite a few empty holes in the usually dense population of your classroom. There’s just a person missing here or there, just three, but out of thirty…that’s one tenth. Dimly, you might recall them bringing up slips of paper to be initialed with a quick flourish by the teacher, then a complaint that half the class is disappearing for their lesson. Ah ha. They’re off on a field trip. Lucky blokes.

From wikipedia:
Charlotte of Belgium (Princess Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine of Belgium), (June 7, 1840–January 19, 1927) as Charlotte (or Carlota), Empress of Mexico was the consort of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.

Princess of Belgium
The only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865) by his second wife, Louise-Marie, Princess of France (1812–1850), Charlotte was born at Laeken Palace in Brussels, Belgium. She was named after her father's first wife, Princess Charlotte of Wales, who had died during childbirth. Charlotte had three brothers: Louis-Philippe, who died in infancy, Leopold, who on the death of their father became Leopold II of Belgium and Philippe, Count of Flanders. She was also a first cousin to both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Albert, as well as Ferdinand II of Portugal.

Learn more about the Empress Carlota and the Mexican Monarchy, free from casaimperial.org.