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	Pedro II of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (December 2, 1825-December 5, 1891) was the second and final Brazilian Emperor.
		Dom Pedro II was married September 4, 1843 to (b.
		Dom Pedro II was in the United States during the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, where Alexander Graham Bell showed him his new telephone.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pedro_II_of_Brazil (553 words)

	Pedro II of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891) was the second and final Brazilian Emperor.
		Dom Pedro II was married September 4, 1843 to Princess Teresa of the Two Sicilies (b.
		Liberal in outlook, Pedro II took steps to end slavery; the final abolition edict was signed in his absence by his daughter Princess Isabel, on May 13, 1888.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil (849 words)

	* Irene's Country Corner * - Brasil - 503 Years of History
		Dom Pedro II was a very stern emperor, although calm, simple, modest, democratic, intelligent and dedicated to the economical progress of the country.
		Dom Pedro II was personally opposed to slavery, (he had freed his own slaves in 1840), but he had to consider the situation of the slave owners, who depended on the slave-based plantation agriculture.
		Although politically conservative and loyal to Dom Pedro II, Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, a distinguished military officer, felt that it was his duty to protest the despotic acts of the government and insisted that his fellow officers had the right to express their ideas in the Brazilian political scenery.
	www.irenescorner.com /home/braziliancorner/history/history05.htm (3211 words)

	United States and Brazil: Dom Pedro II / Brasil e Estados Unidos: Dom Pedro II
		Dom Pedro II was crowned on July 18, 1841, and reigned for almost fifty years until he was overthrown on November 15, 1889, with the advent of the republic.
		Dom Pedro II welcomed the republic as a natural evolution in the history of Brazil.
		Filho de Dom Pedro I (1798-1834) e de sua primeira esposa, a arquiduquesa Leopoldina (1797-1826), filha de Francisco I, Imperador da Áustria, nasceu em 2 de dezembro de 1825.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /intldl/brhtml/br-1/br-1-5-1.html (679 words)

	Historical Text Archive: Articles: Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dom Pedro de Alcantara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Franciso Xavier de Paula Leocadio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Bragança e Borbón was born in Rio de Janeiro December 2, 1825.
		Pedro I gradually lost his grip on power, first exhibited in the unpopular choice of a mistress, a mistress elevated in royal position, with her bastard seed, to that of equality of the Empress and royal children.
		Dom Pedro II was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil on April 14.
	historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=427 (2339 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pedro II (Brazilian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pedro II (Dom Pedro II de AlcAntara), 1825–91, emperor of Brazil (1831–89).
		Pedro II's long reign was characterized by great social change, material progress, and wars with neighboring nations.
		Pedro II was extremely popular, but the economic and social tendencies of his time betrayed him.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Pedro2.html (375 words)

	History of Brazil
		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.
		There were three periods: the first was when Dom Pedro I ruled, and lasted until he abdicated in favor of his 5-year old son, and went to Portugal to become king of Portugal, in the year 1831.
	www.fastload.org /hi/History_of_Brazil.html (8921 words)

	Brazilian Calendar - Monarchy in Brazil
		Dom Pedro I is crowned as emperor of Brazil.
		Dom Pedro is no longer the hero of independence, and the public's anger regarding the government and the financial crises leads to a riot on this night.
		Dom Pedro II and his family embark for Europe just two days after a republic is proclaimed, for which they are paid by the new republican government.
	www.southamericanway.com /calendar/monarchy.html (790 words)

	The Brazilian Monarchy - Projeto Pró-Monarquia do Baronato de Fulwood e Dirleton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pedro II was fluent in 10 languages: Portuguese, German, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Tupi-Guarani, Arabic and Hebrew.
		Pedro II was a well educated man, a brilliant photographer, also corresponded It's believed that the first telephone ever installed was between Pedro II Palace and his Residence.
		Although Pedro was very popular among the people, an able and honest ruler, he was deposed on November 15, 1889 by a fake and shameful military coup whose leader-apparent was not even aware of his actions, and the imperial family was subject an undignified exile.
	www.monarquia.com /Pedroofbrazil.htm (1049 words)

	United States and Brazil: Dom Pedro II and America / Brasil e Estados Unidos: Dom Pedro II e os Estados Unidos
		Dom Pedro II was the first person to buy stock in Bell's company, the Bell Telephone Company.
		Dom Pedro II had a deep appreciation for the potential contributions of science and technology to society.
		Dom Pedro II spent two weeks at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, where he contacted many distinguished personalities and emphasized the importance of the commercial relations between the United States and Brazil.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /intldl/brhtml/br-1/br-1-5-2.html (908 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.
		In 1821, Dom João VI left Rio de Janeiro sailing for Lisbon, leaving his son Dom Pedro as the prince regent in Brazil.
		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.
	www.irenescorner.com /home/braziliancorner/historicalfacts (780 words)

	United States and Brazil: The Imperial period / Brasil e Estados Unidos: O Período imperial
		When Dom Pedro I abdicated the throne and returned to Portugal in 1831, his son Pedro de Alcântara (1825-1891) was proclaimed Emperor Dom Pedro II.
		Although Dom Pedro I was the first emperor of Brazil and the person who declared its independence, his son, Dom Pedro II, was the most important figure of the Imperial Period.
		Dom Pedro I was criticized of being incapable of protecting the interest of Brazil because he was Portuguese by birth.
	international.loc.gov /intldl/brhtml/br-1/br-1-5.html (1367 words)

	Wolfsonian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dom Eudes de Orleans e Bragança, the great great grandson of Dom Pedro II, the second, and last, emperor of Brazil, will be a special guest of honor at the Imperial Propaganda Ball, a fund-raising gala to benefit The Wolfsonian—Florida International University on March 8.
		While Pedro II's mother was a daughter of Franz Josef II, emperor of Austria, as well as a niece of Marie Antoinette (and therefore a member of the Hapsburg family), the Brazilian emperor was a man who fully appreciated the modern world.
		In 1889, a military coup declared a republic, and Pedro II was exiled to Paris.
	www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu /visitus/press/02.25.03.html (741 words)

	Talk:Pedro II of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See for instance Charles XV of Sweden (was Carl), Humbert II of Italy (was Umberto), Henry IV of France (was Henri), Nicholas II of Russia (was Nikolai), William III of the Netherlands (was Willem) etc. etc.
		Documenting moves to Pedro I of Brazil and Pedro II of Brazil
		President Ulysses S. Grant and Pedro II greet the public from the platform of a Corliss Steam Engine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Pedro_II_of_Brazil (1277 words)

	leaders
		Pedro II was declared of age in 1840 when Brazil central government was dealing again with increasing internal revolts.
		In 1889, Pedro II was exiled, spenting the rest of his life in Europe until his death in 1891.
		During the campaign against Lopez, Pedro II, on the contrary of his Argentine and Uruguayan counterparts, put the affairs of war on the hands of his offices.
	www.geocities.com /ulysses_costa/leaders.html (934 words)

	Dom Pedro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Emperor's Beard: Dom Pedro II and His Tropical Monarchy in Brazil
		Marshal Deodoro and the fall of Dom Pedro II
		Dom Pedro: The Struggle for Liberty in Brazil and Portugal, 1798-1834
	www.veryhappening.com /things/dom_pedro (86 words)

	Brazil's last and fondly remembered emperor - The Washington Times: Books - December 12, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Diplomats arranged Pedro's marriage to Teresa Cristina Maria, princess of the Two Sicilies, a Bourbon by three of her grandparents and a Habsburg by one grandmother.
		She was four years older than Pedro, and her dowry was modest, but she was said to be a good singer, and her portraits showed a pretty face.
		Dom Pedro himself owned slaves, but the emperor's educational institutions were fomenting talk of emancipation.
	washingtontimes.com /books/20041211-101045-4195r.htm (1312 words)

	South America, 1800-1900 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The long reign (1840–89) of Emperor Dom Pedro II is marked by a commitment to education and the arts.
		In Brazil, Dom Pedro I is declared emperor.
		Dom Pedro II abdicates and Brazil is proclaimed a republic.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/10/sa/ht10sa.htm (955 words)

	Pedro II on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		(Dom Pedro II de Alcântara), 1825-91, emperor of Brazil (1831-89).
		Pedro Almodovar à Londres dimanche dernier Le cinéaste espagnol Pedro Almodovar a affirmé qu'il aimerait que le pape Jean.
		Juan Pablo II Juan Pablo II durante una audiencia general en la Plaza de San Pedro, el 8 de octubre de 2003 (Archivo).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/p/pedro2.asp (784 words)

	History of Brazil
		The colony was ruled from Lisbon until 1808, when Dom Joao VI and the rest of the Portuguese royal family fled from Napoleon's army, and established its seat of government in Rio de Janeiro.
		His son declared Brazil's independence on September 7, 1822, and became emperor with the title of Dom Pedro I. His son, Dom Pedro II, ruled from 1831 to 1889, when a federal republic was established in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca, Marshal of the Army.
		Slavery had been abolished a year earlier by the Regent Princess Isabel while Dom Pedro II was in Europe.
	www.historyofnations.net /southamerica/brazil.html (644 words)

	Brazil
		The Kingdom of Brazil was established by Dom João VI while Regent of Portugal in exile in Rio de Janeiro during the Napoleonic wars.
		Dom Pedro II was forced to abdicate following a military coup d'etat, Brazil being declared a Republic on 15th November 1889.
		Conserved as a Brazilian Order by Emperor Dom Pedro I on 20th October 1823 and reformed by Dom Pedro II on 9th September 1843 and 7th December 1861.
	www.4dw.net /royalark/Brazil/brazil.htm (838 words)

	Brazil and its history
		Dom Pedro I assumed the monarchy and became Brazil’s first king.
		Dom Pedro II ruled until 1889, a bloodless revolution taking power away from him.
		When Dom Pedro II left, the monarchy in Brazil was over.
	ks.essortment.com /brazilhistory_rmfq.htm (868 words)

	Correio Imperial Brasileiro - Projeto Pró-Monarquia do Baronato de Fulwood e Dirleton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She was born as the eldest surviving child of Emperor Dom Pedro II and Teresa of the Two Sicilies, herself the youngest daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies, in the Paço de São Cristóvão, Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, on July 29, 1846.
		As the imperial couple had only daughters living, Dom Pedro designated Isabella, the heir presumptive as the official heiress (although she was not heir apparent in the strictest sense of that concept) whereby she received the titularies Princess Imperial and Princess of Brazil.
		In his reign, Pedro II who was regarded as liberal, took steps to industrialize Brazil and to end the inhumane slavery.
	www.monarquia.com /Isabelofbrazil.htm (815 words)

	21ST GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Peter (Dom Pedro) IV of PORTUGAL was born in 1798 in Portugal (King of Portugal 1826-1831).
		He was married to Archduchess Leopoldina of AUSTRIA (daughter of Francis II of HAPSBURG-LORRAINE HR Emperor and Caroline Augusta of BAVARIA) in 1818 in Portugal?.
		Amelia of LEUCHTENBERG was born in 1812 in Eichstatt, Bavaria - dtr of Eugene.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d6041.htm (126 words)

	Diamonds \| American Museum of Natural History
		It is a color-change diamond, going from intense, greenish yellow in fluorescent light or daylight to yellowish brown in incandescent light.
		This Brazilian diamond has a historic pedigree, having been given by Pedro II de Alcantara (1825-91), emperor of Brazil, to his niece.
		Dom Pedro II, a descendant of the Hapsburg family and the Braganza royal family that ruled Portugal, ascended to the throne of Brazil in 1831 and ruled until 1889.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/diamonds/fluorescence.html (155 words)

	Pedro II Brazil Gold Coins
		Dom Pedro II (Peter II) was born in Rio De Janeiro on December 2, 1825.
		Peter II gave Brazil 49 years of domestic peace, prosperity and progress, ending his rule in 1889.
		On that note, an interesting bit of trivia with which you can amaze your friends is that Peter II is believed to have been the first Brazilian to speak on a telephone.
	www.usagold.com /gold/special/Brazil-Pedro.html (423 words)

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