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	Dom Joao VI. Who is Dom Joao VI? What is Dom Joao VI? Where is Dom Joao VI? Definition of Dom Joao VI. Meaning of Dom ...
		João VI, King of Portugal (1769-1826), was born at Lisbon on May 13 1769, and received the title of prince of Brazil in 1788.
		In the same year, and again in 1823, he had to suppress a rebellion led by his son Dom Miguel, whom he ultimately was compelled to banish in 1824.
		He subsequently declared himself Emperor as Pedro I. João VI refused to assent to this devolution until August 29, 1825, when he restored Pedro to the succession in the belief that Brazil and Portugal would be reunited in a dual monarchy federation after his own death.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Dom_Joao_VI (312 words)

	History of Brazil: Definition and links.
		His son, Dom Pedro II, ruled from 1831 to 1889, when a federal republic was established in a coup by Deodoro da Fonseca[?], Marshal of the army.
		Dom Pedro, son of king Dom Joao VI, and heir-apparent, was left in Brazil in the position of regent.
		On November 15, 1889, the Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca declared the Republic, and deposed the king, Dom Pedro II, assuming the govern of the country.
	www.encyclopedian.com /hi/History-of-Brazil.html (8910 words)

	The Amazon Throne: The Orleans-Braganza of Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Initially Joao VI was appalled at Pedro's desire to remain in Brazil, but after his son refused to back away from his decision, the king agreed to Pedro and Leopoldina remaining behind.
		Joao VI himself had recommended this course of action as a means of guaranteeing the Brazilian crown would remain under the Braganzas.
		Dom Pedro himself was rather satisfied knowing that his two daughters would marry for love and not for reasons of state, which had been the case between him and his wife.
	www.eurohistory.com /braganza.html (5175 words)

	A History of the Royal House of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Dom Fernando I de Bragança was born in 1404 and married to Joana de Castro in 1429.
		Dom Teodosio I was born at Vila Viçosa in 1510 and was married in 1542 to Isabel de Portugal-Castro.
		Dom Teodosio II was born at Vila Viçosa in 1568 and married Anna, the daughter of the Duke de Frias in 1603.
	www.dynastic-law.com /portuguese.html (3626 words)

	Worldroots.com
		Dom Joao, her husband, was good-natured, indolent, corpulent and almost as ugly as was she.
		Joao VI would have been quite happy to remain in Brazil but, when peace was restored in Europe, he was forced to return to Portugal.
		Joao VI refused to accept this until, in August 1825, he was persuaded by the British to do so.
	worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/bio/carlotaspainbio1775.html (778 words)

	Pedro I of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When King João VI finally returned to Portugal, in the early 1820s, most of the privileges that had been accorded to Brazil were rescinded, sparking the ire of local nationalists.
		Dom Pedro I assumed the title of Emperor instead of King, both to underline the diversity of the Brazilian provinces and to emulate Napoleon, who linked the idea of Empire – as opposed to that of Kingdom – to the French Revolution and modernity.
		Since she was then only 7 years old, he nominated his brother Dom Miguel as steward, on the promise that he would marry her.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_I_of_Brazil (1138 words)

	September 7, 2004 - Brazilian Independence Day photo - Rod Brito photos at pbase.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1815 Dom João VI elevated Brazil to the status of a kingdom, placing it on an equal footing with Portugal.
		Dom João VI, decided to remain in Brazil, but in 1820 the Portuguese army headed a revolution designed to bring about a constitutional government.
		Dom Pedro is depicted in most paintings of the independence proclamation with a sword, hence my pose and the umbrella.
	www.pbase.com /image/33564786 (421 words)

	History of Brazil Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com
		The second emperor, Dom Pedro II, was deposed in 1889, and a republic was proclaimed, called the United States of Brazil.
		From 1889 to 1930, the government was a constitutional democracy, with the presidency alternating between the dominant states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais.
		In 1964, President Joao Goulart instituted policies that aggravated Brazil's elites; he was overthrown by a military coup.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_brazil.html (1021 words)

	HENRY OF PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY OF PORTUGAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He was the third (or, counting children who died in infancy, the fifth) son of John (Joao) I., the founder of the Aviz dynasty, under whom Portugal, victorious against Castile and against the Moors of Morocco, began to take a prominent place among European nations; his mother was Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt.
		In 1445f 446, again, Dom Henry renewed his earlier attempts (which had failed in 1424-1425) to purchase or seize the Canaries for Portugal; by these he brought his country to the verge of war with Castile; but the home government refused to support him, and the project was again abandoned.
		As protector of Portuguese studies, Dom Henry is credited with having founded a professorship of theology, and perhaps also chairs of mathematics and medicine, in Lisbonwhere also, in 1431, he is said to have provided house-room for the university teachers and students.
	16.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HENRY_OF_PORTUGAL.htm (1733 words)

	colonial brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1789, there was the Inconfidência Mineira, a rebel movement that failed, and the leader of which, Tiradentes, was hanged.
		In 1808, French troops from Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Portugal, and Dom João, governor in place of his mother, Dona Maria I, ordered the transfer of the royal court to Brazil.
		Although the royal family returned to Portugal in 1821, the interlude led to a growing desire for independence amongst Brazilians, In 1822, the son of Dom João VI, then prince-regent Dom Pedro I, proclaimed the independence, September 7, 1882, and was crowned emperor.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /colonial_brazil.html (939 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Brazil
		The prince regent, Dom Joao, fled, with the royal family, and under an English escort set sail for Brazil, where he was enthusiastically received.
		Here Dom Joao instituted several reforms, notable among which were the opening of all Brazilian ports to the commerce of the world and the decree of 16 January, 1815, declaring Brazil to be no longer a colony, but an integral part of the Kingdom of Portugal.
		In 1840, when the young emperor had reached the age of fifteen, it was proposed by those who had become disgusted at the abuses of the regency, that the minority of Dom Pedro II be declared expired, in spite of the fact that the constitution had fixed the minority of the emperor at eighteen years.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02745c.htm (4339 words)

	United States and Brazil: Dom João VIs / Brasil e Estados Unidos: Dom João VI
		Although Dom João VI (1769-1826) never ruled over an independent Brazil, historians call him the "Founder of the [Brazilian] Nationality." When he arrived in Brazil in 1808, he opened the colony's ports to free trade with friendly nations, a move that signaled Brazil's first independent encounter with the rest of the world.
		Dom João VI was also responsible for establishing many important Brazilian institutions, including the Academia Naval (Naval Academy), Hospital Militar (Military Hospital), Arquivo Militar (Military Archives), Jardim Botânico (Botanic Garden), Intendência Geral de Polícia (Police Commissariat), Real Biblioteca (Royal Library), the Banco do Brasil (Bank of Brazil), and the gunpowder factory.
		Dom João VI, the seventeenth king of Portugal, established his court in Rio de Janeiro after the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal.
	international.loc.gov /intldl/brhtml/br-1/br-1-4-4.html (558 words)

	Historical Text Archive: Articles: Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, José
		Dom João VI, the Portuguese monarch, fled from Portugal in 1807 to Brazil to escape capture by Napoleon's troops.
		When José Bonifácio arrived to Brazil in 1819, Dom João VI was feeling great pressure to return to Portugal because Brazilians felt that with Dom João VI's presence that their status as a kingdom was in jeopardy and could even be lost.
		Emperor Dom Pedro I dissolved the assembly in November of 1823 and sent Martin Francisco and Antonio Carlos Andrada to live a life of exile in France.
	historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=627 (1284 words)

	The Constitutional Monarchy
		Dom João VI to return from Brazil, where he had taken refuge with the court after the Napoleonic invasions, to swear an oath of loyalty to the new Fundaments of the Constitution.
		Dom João VI went on to summon the three Estates of the Kingdom (clergy, nobility and commons) to meet in courts along the lines of the ancien regime.
		But the Constitutional Charter was revived for two subsequent periods: from August 1834 (when Dom Miguel left the country) to the resolution of September 1836 (which restored the Constitution of 1822 until the approval of the Constitution of 1838) and from January 1842 to October 1910.
	www.parlamento.pt /ingles/constitucionalism/const_monarchy (2783 words)

	* Irene's Country Corner * - Brasil - Historical Facts
		Dom João VI In November, 1807 (one day before Napoleon's troops invaded Lisbon), Dom João (later Dom João VI), king of Portugal, governing the country in the place of his mother who was mentally ill, decided to take refugee in Brazil with his family.
		Dom Pedro de Alcântara was emancipated at the age of 15 and remained emperor of Brazil until Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca led the military revolt that proclaimed the abrogation of the monarchy and the establishment of Brazil as a republic, on November 15, 1889, deposing the emperor Dom Pedro II.
		The young Dom Pedro II Dom Pedro II Dom Pedro II was sent into exile in Europe with his family, where he died two years later.
	www.irenescorner.com /home/braziliancorner/historicalfacts (780 words)

	Colonial Brazil. Who is Colonial Brazil? What is Colonial Brazil? Where is Colonial Brazil? Definition of Colonial ...
		The King of Portugal, fleeing before Napoleon's army, moved the seat of government to Brazil in 1808.
		Brazil thereupon became a kingdom under Dom Joao VI.
		Although the royal family returned to Portugal in 1821, the interlude led to a growing desire for independence amongst Brazilians, In 1822, the son of Dom Joao VI, then prince-regent Dom Pedro I, proclaimed the independence, September 7, 1882, and was crowned emperor.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Colonial_Brazil (580 words)

	United States and Brazil: The Movement for Independence / Brasil e Estados Unidos: O Movimento pela Independência
		Because she was mentally deficient, her son, Dom João VI (1769-1826), Prince of Brazil, became regent of the Portuguese kingdom.
		Dom Jono was pressured to name his son Dom Pedro (1798-1834) as regent of the Kingdom of Brazil.
		Dom Pedro I was crowned emperor of Brazil in 1822.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /intldl/brhtml/br-1/br-1-4.html (1377 words)

	Empire Adrift: The Portuguese Court in Rio de Janeiro by Patrick Wilcken
		Finally there is Dom Pedro, their son (probably - his paternity was disputed), who grew up in Brazil an unrestrained philanderer, handsome, half-educated, urinating and defecating without embarrassment in front of his troops, and referring to his mother ungallantly as a "bitch", but who became, in the end, the standard-bearer of Brazilian independence.
		But Dom João, though terrified by the thunderstorms that swept across the Guanabara Bay, quickly took to life in the new world, overseeing the rebuilding of the capital and the establishment of Rio's botanical garden, the latter, in Wilcken's phrase, a laboratory of empire that rivalled Kew.
		And in 1822, with Dom João in Portugal beset by demands for constitutional reform, and anti-colonial, republican movements gathering force in the rest of Latin America, the young regent made a unilateral declaration of independence from Portugal.
	www.arlindo-correia.com /100605.html (3210 words)

	Brazil News 24/7 - Nothing But Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - Fresh news daily - English-language Magazine on Brazilian ...
		The movement spread to Lisbon, and Dom João VI was faced with the choice of returning to Portugal to fight for his crown or of losing it.
		The letter made Dom Pedro very happy, because that was the first sign that he was wanted in Brazil, and the possibility that if he stayed in Brazil he might be their new king.
		Prince Dom Pedro was a son of King Dom João VI of Portugal, and they were descendants of the 8th Duke of Bragança who became in 1640, Dom João IV - king of Portugal.
	brazzilmag.com /content/view/1360/0 (2362 words)

	BC - Money in Brazil - from discovery to the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Coinage of the Escudo series continued during the reigns of Dom José I (1750-1777) and of Dona Maria I (1777-1805) with the exception of the 12,800 Réis piece, suspended by Dom João V in 1732.
		After Dom Pedro II died in 1786, she is depicted alone, first wearing a widow veil and after with jewel and ribbon hairdressing.
		In 1750, Dom José prohibited circulation of gold coins in mining regions, considering that transactions on that counties could be effected through marked gold ingots and gold in powder.
	www.bcb.gov.br /?MONEYDISCOVERY (2404 words)

	JOÃO VI (Dom João)
		Dom João was the third son of Prince Pedro (later King Pedro III) and Crown Princess Maria da Glória (later Queen Maria I).
		The treaty between Portugal and Brazil settling the process of recognition of the new empire was concluded on 29 Aug 1825 and ratified by João VI on 15 Nov 1825.
		On 6 Mar 1826, being on his deathbed, João VI instituted a Council of Regency under the presidency of his daughter, Isabel Maria, and died four days later.
	www.archontology.org /nations/braz/braz_emp/joao_vi.php (449 words)

	United States and Brazil: Dom Pedro I / Brasil e Estados Unidos: Dom Pedro I
		De certo modo, Dom João VI (1769-1826) previa a independência do Brasil e preferia que, independente, o reino desta parte americana ficasse com seu filho a ficar com algum aventureiro.
		Dom João VI despediu-se em 24 de abril de 1821 com um solene beija-mão.
		Dom Pedro assumiu a regência em grave crise econômica, enquanto em Lisboa, as Cortes continuavam seus trabalhos orientados no sentido de recolonizar o Brasil.
	international.loc.gov /intldl/brhtml/br-1/br-1-4-6.html (755 words)

	João VI
		João VI, king of Portugal, was born at Lisbon on the 13th of May 1767, and received the title of Prince of Brazil in 1788.
		In that year he was recognized as King of Portugal but he continued to reside in Brazil; the consequent spread of dissatisfaction resulted in the peaceful revolution of 1820, and the proclamation of a constitutional government, to which he swore fidelity on his return to Portugal in 1822.
		In the same year, and again in 1823, he had to suppress a rebellion led by his son Dom Miguel de Bragança, whom he ultimately was compelled to banish in 1824.
	www.nndb.com /people/576/000095291 (235 words)

	RIO DE JANEIRO VIRTUAL CITY TOUR - PRACA QUINZE / PRAÇA XV - insider's guide by www.ipanema.com
		Dom Pedro's granddaughter, Princess Isabel, signed in the Paço the famous Lei Áurea, a law that abolished slavery in 1888.
		The church was consecrated in 1811, in a ceremony attended by Prince Regent Dom João VI.
		It was built under the request of Dom João VI to lodge the Commercial Park of Rio de Janeiro, and opened doors in 1820.
	www.ipanema.com /downtown/pracaxv.htm (2748 words)

	www.ipanema.com RIO DE JANEIRO FOR BEGINNERS - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CITY
		Dom João VI was married to Dona Carlota Joaquina, a dish for anyone interested in ugly royals.
		Dom João VI, the Portuguese monarch, packed up and fled with his wife and the whole court to Rio.
		Dom João never really took to life in the tropics, though, and as soon as things quieted down he moved back to Portugal.
	www.ipanema.com /rio/basics/e/history.htm (1614 words)

	List of Brazilian monarchs. Who is List of Brazilian monarchs? What is List of Brazilian monarchs? Where is List of ...
		The Kings of Portugal then were the Monarchs in Brazil until Napoleon's invading army forced the Portuguese government to flee to Brazil in 1807.
		João VI raised Brazil to the status of a kingdom and thus making his mother, the reigning Queen, the first Monarch of Brazil.
		Having proclaimed independence from Portugal in 1822, Pedro I, son of João VI, was crowned Emperor of Brazil on December 1, 1822.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/List_of_Brazilian_monarchs (165 words)

	United States and Brazil: Independence or Death VIs / Brasil e Estados Unidos: Independência ou Morte
		On August 13, 1822, after Dom Pedro(1798-1834) had defied Portuguese authority by refusing to return to Lisbon, Brazilian authorities declared that any Portuguese troops landing in Brazil to reassert control would be considered enemies.
		Dom Pedro talked with the young soldiers of his honor guard.
		Dom Pedro pediu então conselho aos jovens paulistas que formavam sua Guarda de Honra e um deles, Padre Belchior Pinheiro de Oliveira (1775-1856) respondeu-lhe que se ele não se fizesse rei do Brasil, poderia vir a ser prisioneiro das Cortes e, talvez, deserdado.
	frontiers.loc.gov /intldl/brhtml/br-1/br-1-4-5.html (573 words)

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