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The monarchs of Brazil (Portuguese: monarcas do Brasil) were the imperial heads of state and hereditary rulers of Brazil from the House of Braganza that reigned from the creation of the Brazilian monarchy in 1815 as a constituent kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves until the republican coup d'état that overthrew the Empire of Brazil in 1889.
The flag of the Empire of Brazil is widely used by Brazilian monarchists The flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves. The political movements for the re-adoption of monarchy in Brazil has taken place as a series of uprisings and political acts, usually in a fragmented way and peripherally to larger causes.
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire's government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II.
The Imperial House of Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese: Casa Imperial Brasileira) is a Brazilian dynasty of Portuguese origin, a branch of the House of Braganza, that ruled the Brazilian Empire from 1822 to 1889, from the time when the then Prince Royal Dom Pedro of Braganza (later known as Emperor Pedro I of Brazil) declared Brazil's independence, until Dom Pedro II was deposed during the ...
The House of Braganza, also known as the Brigantine Dynasty, came to power in 1640, when John II, Duke of Braganza, claimed to be the rightful heir of the defunct House of Aviz, as he was the great great grandson of King Manuel I. John was proclaimed King John IV, and he deposed the House of Habsburg in the Portuguese Restoration War.
Brazilian Portuguese Version [2] English Translation Sua Majestade Imperial, Dom Pedro II, Pela Graça de Deus, e Unânime Aclamação dos Povos, Imperador Constitucional, e Defensor Perpétuo do Brasil. His Imperial Majesty, Dom Pedro II, by the Grace of God, and the Unanimous Acclamation of the People, Constitutional Emperor, and Perpetual ...
Queen Maria I of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves, was the first monarch of the Kingdom of Brazil.. The legal entity of the Kingdom of Brazil was created by a law issued by Prince Regent John of Portugal, Prince of Brazil, Duke of Braganza, in name of his mother, Queen Maria I of Portugal, on 16 December 1815, which elevated the State of Brazil to the rank of a Kingdom ...
The lack of an heir who could feasibly provide a new direction for the nation also diminished the long-term prospects for the continuation of the Brazilian monarchy. The emperor loved his daughter Isabel and respected her strong character. However, he considered the idea of a female successor as antithetical to the role required of Brazil's ruler.