| Pedro
II
Emperor of Brazil
(1825-91)
Other names:
Dom Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco
Xavier de Paula Leocãdio Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga[8]
Other Titles
Perpetual Defender and Protector of Brazil, 1831[8]
Biographical
Declared of age 1840.[8]
Crowned at Rio de Janeiro, 1841.[8]
Commanded the army in the war with Paraguay in 1865-70, issued decrees
against the slave trade in 1850 and 1871, and encouraged European colonisation.[H46]
Deposed after a military uprising, 1889, and he left the country.[8]
Retired to France.[H46]
Place of birth and marriage: Rio de Janeiro[8]
Place of death: Paris[8]
Place of burial: Sao Vicente de Fora, then Petrópolis, Brazil (1920)[8] |
