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| | 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) |
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