48ers Battle Traitors and Royal Houses of Europe

William Preston was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Confederacy to Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico in 1864. Maximilian and his wife, Carlota, held many titles and were kin to much European Royalty. They inherited many crowns via royal genealogies. Consider ‘The Beast’ in Revelations. Did the Mormons baptize this royal dead couple – and their legion of royal ancestors?

Carlota was first cousin to both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Albert, as well as Ferdinand II of Portugal. She belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha which changed their name to Windsor during the WW1 due to anti-German fervor. In the novel ‘Kentucky’s Last Cavalier’ one can read how William Preston tempted the Habsburg Emperor and his Empress with many of OUR FREEDOMS if they come to the military and monetary aid of the Confederate Traitors. This is to say, the Red…