A townofsouthernCzechoslovakia. Nearby, onDecember2, 805, NapoleondecisivelydefeatedtheRussianandAustrianarmies of CzarAlexander I andEmperor FrancisII.
Paris sent in fresh reinforcements, later squashing the Mexicans, and in two years installed an Austrian archduke, Maximilian Hapsburg, as puppet Emperor of Mexico.
Among them: the 42-carat Emperor Maximilian, named for the Austrian archduke who, legend has it, was wearing the diamond around his neck in a pouch when he faced a Mexican firing squad in 1867.