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  Pedro II of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The aim of the war in Portugal was to restore the throne of Portugal to Maria II, older sister of Pedro.
Dom Pedro II was married September 4, 1843 to Princess Teresa of the Two Sicilies (b.
Dom Pedro II was in the United States during the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, where Alexander Graham Bell showed him his new telephone.
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 Pedro I of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Pedro I was born in the Queluz Palace, near Lisbon.
Pedro, who had remained in the country as regent, sided with the nationalist element and even supported the Portuguese Constitutionalist movement that led to the revolt in Oporto, 1820.
In the aftermath of a political crisis that followed the dissmissal of his ministers, Pedro abdicated his throne in Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II on April 7, 1831, who was only 5 at the time.
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 Empire of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
After Dom João's death in 1826, despite Pedro's renunciation of his right to the Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, Brazilian nativist radicals falsely accused the emperor of plotting to overthrow the constitution and to proclaim himself the ruler of a reunited Brazil and Portugal.
In 1842, on the advice of conservative courtiers, Pedro II used his constitutional moderating power to dismiss the newly elected liberal Chamber of Deputies and called new elections, which the conservatives won by stuffing the ballot boxes.
Pedro II favored abolition, and during the Paraguayan War slaves serving in the military were emancipated.
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 20TH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
She was married to Peter (Dom Pedro) IV of PORTUGAL (son of King John VI of PORTUGAL and Carlotta of SPAIN Queen) in 1818 in Portugal?.
Peter (Dom Pedro) IV of PORTUGAL was born in 1798 in Portugal (King of Portugal 1826-1831).
Dom Pedro de Alcantara of BRAZIL was born in 1825 in Rio de Janeiro - aka Pedro II of Brazil.
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 Portugal
In 1826 Pedro I of Brazil succeeded to the throne of Portugal as Pedro IV.
Pedro I (1798-1834), emperor of Brazil (1822-31), the second son of King John VI of Portugal, born in Lisbon.
Pedro II (1825-91) was born in Rio di Janeiro on Dec. 2, 1825.
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 Pedro I of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Don Pedro was born in Queluz[?] and first married on November 5, 1817 in Rio de Janeiro to Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria.
Pedro succeeded his father as King of Portugal on March 10, 1826, but abdicated in Portugal in favor of his daughter Maria II on May 28, having first promulgated the liberal constituion of Apr 26 and organised Maria's betrothal to his brother Dom Miguel.
Pedro abdicated his throne in Brazil in favor of his son II of Brazil">Pedro II on April 7, 1831, returning to Portugal where in 1834 he overthrew his brother King Miguel (the War of the Two Brothers) and restored Maria II to her throne.
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 ROYALTY in Brazil. Only Brazil has a true blue Royal family.
Pedro's successor, PEDRO II, was overthrown in a republican revolution in 1889.
Pedro I then returned to Portugal, where he engineered the defeat of his brother and had his daughter declared of age to be crowned Queen MARIA II.
Pedro, who succeeded his father Pedro I, was far more successful as a linguist and scientist than he was as a ruler; his reign was marred by a number of internal revolts and conflicts with neighboring countries.
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 The Amazon Throne: The Orleans-Braganza of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In fact, Pedro II's great-grandfather, King Carlos IV of Spain, was a brother of Ferdinand I of the Two-Sicilies, grandfather of the princess who was chosen as Pedro II's bride.
Francisca of Braganza was married to Prince Philippe of Bourbon-Orleans, the fourth son of King Louis-Philippe of France; Januaria of Brazil was married to Prince Louis of the Two-Sicilies, Count of Aquila, brother of Empress Theresa.
Pedro II's sadness at the loss of his only male child was relieved by the birth of a second son in 1848, Pedro, Prince Imperial of Brazil.
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 peter_ii_of_portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
King Peter II of Portugal ( 1667 - 1706) Tsar Feodor III of Russia ( 1676 - 1682).
Afonso VI of Portugal ( 1656 - 1667).
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon Peter II, Duke of Brittany Peter II of Aragon Peter II of Brazil Peter II of Portugal Peter II of Russia Peter II of Savoy Peter II of Yugoslavia Peter III Peter III of Aragon Peter...
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 Encyclopedia: Pedro II of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Peter II ( Portuguese Pedro), the Pacific ( April 26, 1648 –; December 9, 1706), Regent ( 1668 –; 1683) and King of Portugal ( 1683 –; 1706).
Around this time, the discovery of silver mines in Brazil enlarged Peter's treasury to the extent that he was able to dismiss the Cortes in 1697 and rule without its revenue grants for the rest of his reign.
Among Sophia's sisters were Eleonor Madeleine, wife of Leopold I of Austria and Marianne, second wife of Charles II of Spain.
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 Descendants of Richard I, Vicomte de Rodès   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Note - between 1276 and 1285 in Spain: Pedro III was the King of Aragon from 1276 to 1285, and King of Sicily from 1282 to 1285.
Pedro was able, thanks to the fine skills of his admiral Roger de Loria, to resist all efforts of Philippe Le Hardi, King of France, and to twarth the French invasion in 1285.
Married: 1210: Fr‚d‚ric II, Emperor of Germany, son of Heinrich VI, Emperor of Germany and Constance de Sicile; Fr‚d‚ric II was Constanza's second husband.
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 Portuguese (including Brazilian) Royal Family
Brazil was demanding independence from Portugal and Pedro was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil (as Pedro I) on 12 October 1822.
Pedro also abdicated the Brazilian Throne on 7 April 1831 in favour of his son Pedro II in order to return to Portugal to fight for the restoration of his daughter Maria to the throne of Portugal.
Duarte Pio Nuño of Portugal (Duke of Bragança)
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 Articles - Maria II of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
She was the second Queen of Portugal and the 29th (or 30th according to some historians) Portuguese monarch.
Pedro abdicated the Brazilian throne in 1831 and, from his base in the Azores he attacked Miguel, forcing him to abdicate in 1834.
Maria II is remembered as a good mother and a kind person, who always acted according to her convictions in an attempt to help her country.
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 Royalty.nu - Royalty in Brazil - Brazilian Royal History
Despite a long and prosperous reign, Pedro II was deposed in 1889, in part because his daughter and designated heir, Princess Imperial Isabel, had abolished slavery while serving as Brazil's regent the previous year.
The Emperor's Beard: Dom Pedro II and His Tropical Monarchy in Brazil by Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, translated by John Gledson.
Pedro II of Brazil: Son of the Habsburg Empress by Gloria Kaiser, translated by Lowell A. Bangerter.
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 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.
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 Schnitger Organ of Porto, PORTUGAL SÃO Salvador de Moreira Monastery
Pedro de Araújo is organist and professor at the Braga Cathedral and Seminar (1662-1668).
1668 : Marriage of Pedro II, regent of Portugal, with Maria Francisca of Saboia, cousin of Louis XIV of France.
1687 : Marriage of the Portuguese king Pedro II in Heidelberg with the princess palatine Mary Sophie Isabel of Neuburg, sister of the empress of Austria and sister of the queen Mary Anne Neuburg of Spain: there was Italian opera in Heidelberg and pyrotechnic fire in Lisbon.
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 Articles - Pedro I of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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.
On the death of his father, Pedro chose to inherit his title as King of Portugal (Pedro IV) on March 10, 1826, ignoring the restrictions of his own Constitution.
In the aftermath of a political crisis that followed the dismissal of his ministers, Pedro abdicated his throne in Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II on April 7, 1831, who was only 5 at the time.
www.x-moto.net /articles/Peter_I_of_Brazil   (866 words)

  
 Pedro I of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This changed in the early 1820s, with the return of Pedro's father King João VI to Portugal.
Pedro succeeded his father as King of Portugal on March 10, 1826, but abdicated in Portugal in favor of his daughter Maria II on May 28, having first promulgated the liberal constitution of Apr 26 and organised Maria's betrothal to his brother Dom Miguel.
Pedro abdicated his throne in Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II on April 7, 1831, returning to Portugal where in 1834 he overthrew his brother King Miguel (the War of the Two Brothers) and restored Maria II to her throne.
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 United States and Brazil: Timeline / Brasil e Estados Unidos: Cronologia
Pedro II emerges as defender of the national honor and secures apology from the British in 1865.
Portugal did not send expeditions to its new colony in the first three decades of the sixteenth century.
Leopoldina, the daughter of Emperor Francis II of Austria and the future empress of Brazil, arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1817 amid great pomp and ceremony.
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 Worldroots.com
Joao VI of Portugal, Joao I of Brazil.
Portugal and Brazil was his increasingly troublesome brother Dom Miguel.
Pedro was not able to enlist their help for his enterprise.
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 Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Kingdom of Brazil was established by Dom João VI while Regent of Portugal in exile in Rio de Janeiro during the Napoleonic wars.
After his reluctant return to Portugal in 1821, Brazil declared its independance and proclaimed the regent, his son and heir, as Emperor under the name of Dom Pedro I on 12th October 1822.
Dom Pedro II was forced to abdicate following a military coup d'etat, Brazil being declared a Republic on 15th November 1889.
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 Pedro I --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Generally known as Dom Pedro, he was the son of King John VI of Portugal.
The founder of the Brazilian empire was Pedro I, who also was king of Portugal as Pedro IV.
His son became Pedro II of Brazil, but he did...
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 Emperor Pedro II De Alcantara Jodao Carlos Of Brazil Family Information - - TreeShare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emperor Pedro II De Alcantara Jodao Carlos Of Brazil ‎(I5656)‎
Emperor Pedro II De Alcantara Jodao Carlos Of Brazil
Prince Pedro Affonso Cristiano Leopoldo Of Brazil ‎(I5609)‎
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 Brazil: From Monarchy to Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
1824: Dom Pedro issued a new constitution; created two-house parliament; the monarch was to choose the members of the senate; deputies were elected by each province
, Dom Pedro abdicated in favor of his son, Pedro, who was 5 years old (Dom Pedro I regained the throne of
Dom Pedro II gained almost universal recognition (discrete, tolerant, of impeccable moral reputation)
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 King Charles II Of England Family Information - - TreeShare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Of England, King Charles II + Of Portugal, Princess Catharina Henriette
King Affonso VI Of Portugal And The Algarves
King Pedro II Of Portugal And The Algarves
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 Empire of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
After João VI returned to Portugal in 1821, his heir-apparent Pedro became regent of the Kingdom of Brazil, with an informal understanding — known as the Bragança Agreement that he was to take the crown if Brazil came to be independent.
The coronation of Pedro II Reunification and centralization
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 Pedro Costa (II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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