List of Brazilian monarchs
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The Brazilian monarchs were the rulers of Brazil from its discovery in 1500 until 1889. There are three main stages in the dynastical history of Brazil: Brazil as part of the Kingdom of Portugal (1500-1815), the Kingdom of Brazil (1815-1822) united with Portugal, and the independent Empire of Brazil (1822-1889).
Brazil was officially discovered on April 22, 1500 and based on the Treaty of Tordesilhas, it became a possession of Portugal. 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. On December 16, 1815 the regent D. Joćo 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 Joćo VI, was crowned Emperor of Brazil on December 1, 1822.
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Monarchs in Brazil (1500-1815)
- House of Aviz
- D. Manuel I (1500-1521)
- D. Joćo III (1521-1557)
- D. Sebastiao I (1557-1578)
- Cardinal D. Henrique (1578-1580)
- House of Habsburg
- House of Braganza
- D. Joćo IV (1640-1656)
- D. Afonso VI (1656-1667)
- D. Pedro II (1667-1706)
- D. Joćo V (1706-1750)
- D. Jose Emanuel (1750-1777)
- D. Pedro III (1777-1786)
Monarchs of Brazil (1815-1822)
- D. Maria I (1777-1816)
- D. Joćo VI (Regency 1792-1816, Reign 1816-1822)
Emperors of Brazil (1822-1889)
- Pedro I (1822 - 1831)
- Pedro II (1831 - 1889)
- Regźncia Provisória (Regency 1831)
- Regźncia Permanente (Regency 1831-1835)
- Diogo Antōnio Feijó (Regency 1835-1837)
- Pedro de Araśjo Lima (Regency 1837-1840)
- Isabel (Princesa Imperial Regente 1871-1872, 1876-1877, 1887-1888).
Titular Emperors of Brazil (1889-present)
- Isabel (1889-1921)
- House of Capet-Orleans-Braganza
- Pedro III (1921-1940)
- Pedro IV (1940-present)
See also
External links
- Monarchs of Brazil (1815-1889) (http://www.archontology.org/nations/braz/braz_emp/)