Maximilian, Ferdinand Joseph, archduke of Austria, younger brother of Francis Joseph, born at Schönbrunn; became emperor of Mexico; issued an edict threatening death to any Mexican who took up arms against the empire, roused the Liberal party against him, and was at the head of 8000 men defeated at Querétaro, taken prisoner, tried by court-martial, and shot (1832‒1867).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Maxim Gun * Maximilian I.