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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.
House of Bourbon-Braganza. The Most Serene House of Braganza ( Portuguese: Sereníssima Casa de Bragança ), also known as the Brigantine dynasty ( dinastia Brigantina ), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Americas .
t. e. Portuguese colonization of the Americas ( Portuguese: Colonização portuguesa da América) constituted territories in the Americas belonging to the Kingdom of Portugal. Portugal was the leading country in the European exploration of the world in the 15th century. The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the Earth outside Europe into ...
Colonial Brazil ( Portuguese: Brasil Colonial) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom in union with Portugal. During the 300 years of Brazilian colonial history, the main economic activities of the territory were based first on brazilwood extraction (brazilwood cycle ...
Afonso I. The Conqueror; The Great; The Founder; The Father of the Nation. Afonso Henriques. 1106/09/11 – 6 December 1185 (aged 73–79) 25 July 1139. 6 December 1185. previously Count of Portugal, founder of the Kingdom of Portugal. Son of Henry, Count of Portugal and Teresa, Countess of Portugal. Burgundy.
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was a pluricontinental monarchy formed by the elevation of the Portuguese colony named State of Brazil to the status of a kingdom and by the simultaneous union of that Kingdom of Brazil with the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of the Algarves, constituting a single state consisting of three kingdoms.
v. t. e. Brazilian Portuguese (Portuguese: português brasileiro; [poʁtuˈɡejz bɾaziˈlejɾu]) is the set of varieties of the Portuguese language native to Brazil and the most influential form of Portuguese worldwide. [4] [5] It is spoken by almost all of the 203 million inhabitants of Brazil and spoken widely across the Brazilian diaspora ...
Sobrado de Madalena, Recife. A sobrado is a house building style from the Portuguese colonial era, typical in Brazil and other former Portuguese colonies. It is a form equivalent to the Anglo-American townhouse, particularly the creole townhouse in Louisiana. Featuring typically two floors with a balcony, the sobrados were the residences of ...