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Empress Carlota

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The Resume

    (June 7, 1840-January 19, 1927)
    Born in Brussels, Belgium
    Born Princess Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine
    Empress consort of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (1864-1867)
    Daughter of King Leopold I of the Belgians
    Sister of King Leopold II

Why she might be annoying:

    She and her husband were second cousins.
    She hated her sisters-in-law, Marie-Henriette and Empress Elisabeth.
    She and her husband had no Spanish or Mexican blood.
    Despite this, Emperor Napoleon III offered them the throne of Mexico.
    She suffered a psychotic break while empress.
    She became convinced people were trying to poison her.
    She visited the Vatican and refused to leave. The pope let her sleep in the library, making it the only official time a woman stayed overnight at the Vatican.
    She lived the rest of her life in seclusion, with alternating periods of insanity.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her mother died when she was 10.
    She wrote poetry.
    She read Plutarch at 13.
    Her husband cheated on her with prostitutes and gave her an STD.
    She encouraged her husband to take the Mexican throne to give them something to do.
    She changed her name from Charlotte to Carlota to fit in better in Mexico.
    She handled royal business in her husband's absence.
    When Napoleon III abandoned Mexico, she traveled to Europe in an attempt to change his mind.
    Her husband was executed just three years into his reign.
    Reportedly, her husband's last words were, 'Poor Carlota.'

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 44 Votes: 22.73% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 40 Votes: 5.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 35 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 106 Votes: 59.43% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying