Editing Self-proclaimed monarchy (section)

=== Mexico ===
On 19 May 1822, [[Agustín de Iturbide|Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu]], was crowned as [[Emperor of Mexico]]. He was a Mexican-born general who had served in the Spanish Army, during the [[Mexican War of Independence]], but switched sides and joined the Mexican rebels in 1820. He was proclaimed president of the Regency in 1821. When [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|King Ferdinand VII of Spain]] refused to become a constitutional monarch, Iturbide was crowned Emperor. He ruled [[First Mexican Empire|Mexico]] for less than as a year as he abdicated and went into exile during a revolt in March 1823. He returned to Mexico on 14 July 1824 and was executed by the [[Provisional Government of Mexico]].