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	Portugal - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The climate of Portugal is equable and temperate.
		In 1095 Portugal was an obscure border fief of the kingdom of Leon.
		Pedro, the crown prince, afterwards married Constance, daughter of the duke of Penafiel (near Valladolid), and Alphonso IV.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Portugal (15862 words)

	Portugal. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Portugal is bordered by Spain on the east and north and by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and south.
		Estremadura, in W Portugal, has broad, alluvial plains, rising to cool and rocky uplands; along the Atlantic coast is a celebrated resort region, reaching to the town of Estoril, near Lisbon.
		The reign of his son, Alfonso IV, is remembered chiefly because of the tragic romance of Inés de Castro, the mistress of Alfonso’s son, Peter (later Peter I; 1357–67); to avenge her fate, Peter, on his succession, had two of her murderers executed.
	www.bartleby.com /65/po/Portugal.html (3353 words)

	Personalities
		Miguel was the second son of João VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota-Joaquina, the sister of Ferdinand VII of Spain (Livermore, 1966), King João VI of Portugal died on 10 Mar 1826 and his eldest son, Pedro I of Brazil, briefly inherited as Pedro IV of Portugal.
		Pedro I of Brazil and Pedro IV of Portugal
		Pedro was the elder son of João VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota-Joaquina, the sister of Ferdinand VII of Spain (Livermore, 1966), In Jul 1821 João VI arrived in Portugal leaving Pedro to rule in Brazil.
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/iberia/1833/personalities.htm (1798 words)

	Pedro I (of Portugal) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pedro, the son of Alfonso IV, was born in Coimbra.
		Pedro I (of Brazil): rule of Portugal as Pedro IV
		Pedro I (of Brazil) (1798-1834), emperor of Brazil (1822-31), the second son of King John VI of Portugal, born in Lisbon.
	encarta.msn.com /Pedro_I_(of_Portugal).html (256 words)

	20TH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d6042.htm (123 words)

	Pedro II (of Portugal) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Afonso VI (1643-1683), king of Portugal (1656-1667), son of King John IV, founder of the house of Braganza, whom he succeeded.
		Pedro V (of Portugal) (1837-1861), king of Portugal (1853-1861), born Pedro de Alcántara.
		Pedro was the son of Maria II and Ferdinand of...
	encarta.msn.com /Pedro_II_(of_Portugal).html (152 words)

	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.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/portugal.htm (7374 words)

	End of Europe's Middle Ages - New Monarchies: Portugal
		The continual disputation of succession was exacerbated by the policy of intermarriage between the royal houses of Portugal and Castile that was initiated by Diniz of Portugal (1261-1325) and Ferdinand IV of Castile and León (1286?-1312) to end the wars between their two kingdoms.
		Alfonso IV allied with Alfonso XI of Castile and León to defeat the Moors at the Battle of Salado River in 1340.
		Pedro I's reign was relatively uneventful and he was followed by his son, Ferdinand I the Handsome (1345-1383), in 1367.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/monarchies5.html (634 words)

	European Voyages of Exploration: The Portuguese Empire
		Although Portugal lacked the wealth and population of its contemporaries, it would lead the European community in the exploration of sea routes to the African continent, the Atlantic Islands, and to Asia and South America over the course of the sixteenth century.
		Portugal was born from this struggle to reconquer Iberia from the Moors.
		Portugal desperately needed strong leadership to continue to fight off the ambitious Castilian king, and in 1385 the Portuguese Cortes proclaimed the 28-year-old Master of Avis as King João I. With the support of his kingdom and his English allies, the young king soundly defeated the Castilians at Aljubarrota, thereby securing Portugal's independence.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/portuguese.html (1090 words)

	History of Portugal
		Pedro Alvares Cabral sailed to India but steered far westward to avoid the winds and currents of the Guinea coast, reached Brazil (1500) and claimed it for his sovereign.
		Pedro de Covilham had reached Abyssinia as early as 1490; In the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, one of Cabral's ships discovered Madagascar (1501), which was partly explored by Tristão da Cunha (1507); Mauritius was discovered in 1507, Socotra occupied in 1506, and in the same year D. Lourenco d'Almeida visited Ceylon.
		Portugal entered the EC in January 1, 1986 and joined the euro single currency in 2002.
	www.historyofnations.net /europe/portugal.html (1050 words)

	Peter II of Portugal
		The second son of Dom João IV, he was appointed regent for his insane brother Dom Afonso VI[?] in 1668, shortly after Spanish recognition of Portugal's independence.
		Around this time, the discovery of silver mines in Brazil enlarged Pedro'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.
		Initially Pedro supported France in the War of Spanish Succession (1702-1715), but on May 16, 1703, Portugal and Britain signed the famous Methuen Treaty.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Peter_II_of_Portugal.html (188 words)

	Chronology: 1826-34 (Portugal's) Liberal Wars
		João VI's son Pedro I was acclaimed as constitutional emperor of Brazil on 12 Oct 1822 (Livermore, 1966).
		Having declared for Pedro in May, Major Silva Pereira and the 12th Light Infantry (caçadores) Battalion engaged in guerrilla warfare and defeated a miguelite column at the Espinhel bridge on 15 Jun 1828 (Portugal Dicionário Histórico: Antas).
		Pedro IV entered Porto on 9 Jul 1832, and was immediately besieged by the miguelite army (Cronologia do Liberalismo).
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/iberia/1833/chronology1826.htm (6222 words)

	Portugal: Usurpation: 1826-1834 @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
		João VI dies, and the Council of Regency, in accordance with the documented arrangements, proclaims the heir apparent, D. Pedro, as Pedro IV, Rei de Portugal, and communicates the notice of the demise of the crown to D. Pedro, who was residing, in his capacity as Pedro I, Imperador do Brasil, in Rio de Janeiro.
		Pedro abdicates the crown of Portugal "conditionally" in favour of his infant daughter Da.
		Pedro, in his capacity as tutor (guardian) of the queen, his daughter, appoints a Council of Regency, with Pedro de Sousa Holstein, marquês de Palmela, conde de Sanfré, as Presidente do Conselho de Regência.
	www.archontology.org /nations/portugal/port009/01_usurpation.php (740 words)

	Peter I of Brazil - Gurupedia
		Pedro I was born in the Queluz Palace, near Lisbon, as son of the future King
		Rio de Janeiro the de facto capital of the Portuguese Empire, and Brazil was elevated to the status of a kingdom co-equal with Portugal.
		In the early 1820s, with the return of King João VI to Portugal, most of the privileges that had been accorded to Brazil were rescinded, sparking the ire of local nationalists.
	www.gurupedia.com /p/pe/peter_i_of_brazil.htm (641 words)

	Henry the Navigator
		Henry the Navigator (13941460), prince of Portugal, noted as the patron of navigation and exploration, born in Oporto.
		In 997 the territory between the Douro and Minho rivers (now northern Portugal) was retaken from the Moors by Bermudo II, king of León, and in 1064 the reconquest was completed as far south as presentday Coimbra by Ferdinand I, king of Castile and León.
		In Portugal, meanwhile, Pedro's brother, Dom Miguel, appealed to the supporters of absolute monarchy to overthrow the constitutionalists, and an insurrection led by the prince almost succeeded on April 30, 1824.
	www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu /antillians/henry.html (1893 words)

	Early Years - Pedro I Of Brazil
		Pedro I of Brazil, known as Dom Pedro (October 12, 1798 - September 24, 1834), proclaimed Brazil independent from Portugal and became Brazils first Brazilian Empire.
		Pedro I was born in the Queluz Palace, near Lisbon.
		His father was the regent prince at the time but would soon become King John VI of Portugal (João VI), his mother was Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Spain, daughter of Charles IV of Spain.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Abante5993/pedro-i-of-brazil-early-years.html (182 words)

	Pedro II
		Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, came to the throne in childhood, having been born on the 2nd of December 1825, and proclaimed emperor in April 1831, upon the abdication of his father.
		Dom Pedro retired to Europe and died in Paris on the 5th of December 1891.
		Dom Pedro was a model constitutional sovereign, and a munificent patron of science and letters.
	www.nndb.com /people/669/000097378 (166 words)

	Brazil at AllExperts
		In 1808, Queen Maria I of Portugal and her son and regent, the future JoÃ£o VI of Portugal, fleeing from the armies of Napoleon, relocated to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the royal family, nobility and government.
		Though they returned to Portugal in 1821, the interlude led to the opening of commercial ports to the United Kingdom — at the time isolated from most European ports by Napoleon — and to the elevation of Brazil to the status of a united kingdom under the Portuguese Crown.
		Pedro I was succeeded by his son, Pedro II — who in old age was caught by a political dispute between the Army and the Cabinet, a crisis arising from the Paraguay War.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/br/brazil.htm (4641 words)

	Portugal > Travel > Algarve > Portugal Info - Algarve
		This situation changed when the throne of Portugal fell vacant in 1580 and the nearest relative in line was King Felipe II of Spain who soon crowned himself as King of Portugal.
		The Algarve nearly became a separate Kingdom when the ambitious prime minister of Carlos IV of Spain, Manuel Godoy, was involved in the Treaty of Fontainebleau in 1807.
		In the agreement created by the Emperor Napoleon and agreed by Carlos IV of Spain was that Portugal would be carved into areas to be governed by France and Spain - Manuel Godoy to assume the Algarve.
	portugal-info.net /algarve (1410 words)

	Pedro I. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Dom Pedro was a child when the Portuguese royal family, fleeing from Napoleon’s conquering French army, left Portugal for Brazil.
		Dom Pedro’s popularity, however, was soon undermined by his humiliating war with Argentina, which cost Brazil the Cisplatine Province (Uruguay), by his notorious private life, and by his preoccupation with Portuguese affairs.
		In the Miguelist Wars, an English sea force fighting for Dom Pedro and Maria II defeated the Miguelist fleet, and Maria was restored to the throne.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pe/Pedro1.html (378 words)

	BRAZIL
		As this country was a former colony of Portugal, Portuguese is its official language.
		In 1808, Queen Maria I of Portugal and her son and regent, the future João VI of Portugal, fleeing from Napoleon, relocated to Brazil with the royal family, nobles and government.
		Though they returned to Portugal in 1821, the interlude led to the opening of commercial ports to the United Kingdom — at the time isolated from most European ports by Napoleon — and to the elevation of Brazil to the status of a united kingdom with Portugal's Crown.
	www.solarnavigator.net /geography/brazil.htm (1515 words)

	Pedro IV de Portugal - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		Pedro I de Brasil y IV de Portugal (12 de octubre de 1798 - 24 de septiembre de 1834), proclamó Brasil independiente de Portugal y se convirtió en el primer emperador de Brasil.
		Pedro I asumió el título de Emperador en lugar de rey, tanto para remarcar la diversidad entre las diferentes provincias brasileñas como para emular a Napoleón que unió la idea del Imperio con la Revolución francesa y la modernidad.
		Pedro dejó a un lado pronto sus ideales liberales con una Constitución (proclamada el 24 de febrero de 1824) que le proporcionaba un destacado poder, algo que se consideraba necesario para mantener el control en las zonas interiores, particularmente en el norte del país.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_I_de_Brasil (867 words)

	State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On 23 July 1975, the new constitution of the State of Rio de Janeiro established that the flag and the shield of the new state (which was absorbing Guanabara) would be the same that those of the ancient state.
		According to articles 8 and 10 through 12 of law no. 5588 of 5 October 1965, the flag is 7:10, divided quarterly white and blue-celeste, with the white in the upper hoist and lower fly, with the state coat of arms on the center.
		There are today two administrative units with the name of Rio de Janeiro: the state (whose flag is the one quarterly of blue and white) and the City (whose flag is white with a blue saltire).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/br-rj.html (1122 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)

	The Brazilian Monarchy - Projeto Pró-Monarquia do Baronato de Fulwood e Dirleton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and Pedro IV King of Portugal
		He also held the Portuguese throne briefly as Pedro IV of Portugal, O Rei-Soldado (the Soldier-King), 28th (or 29th according to others) king of Portugal.
		Pedro II on April 7, 1831, who was only 5 at the time.
	www.monarquia.com /PedroIofbrazil.htm (1172 words)

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