Name of Mexico triumphantly with his Army of the Three Guarantees (religion, independence, and unity). This was followed by the birth of the short-lived First Mexican Empire that used the "Mexico" name according to the convention used previously by Roman Empire () and the Holy Roman Empire, whereby the capital gives rise to the name of the Empire. This was the first recorded use of "Mexico" as a country title. After the Empire fell and the Republic was established in 1824, a Federation name form was adopted; which was, at most times, more "de jure" than "de facto". The Mexican name stuck, leading
's-Hertogenbosch 's-Hertogenbosch 's-Hertogenbosch (, literally "The Duke's Forest" in English, and historically in French: Bois-le-Duc ), colloquially known as Den Bosch (, literally "The Forest" in English), is a city and municipality in the Southern Netherlands with a population of 152,968. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant. The city's official name is a contraction of the Dutch "des Hertogen bosch"—"the Duke's forest". The duke in question was Duke Henry I of Brabant, whose family had owned a large estate at nearby Orthen for at least four centuries. He founded a new town located on some forested dunes