List of Brazilian monarchs

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) and the 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. João 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 João VI, was crowned Emperor of Brazil on December 1, 1822.

Table of contents

1 Monarchs in Brazil (1500-1815) 2 Monarchs of Brazil (1815-1822) 3 Emperors of Brazil (1822-1889) 4 See also

Monarchs in Brazil (1500-1815)

House of Aviz

• D. Manuel I (1500-1521)
• D. João III (1521-1557)
• D. Sebastiao I (1557-1578)
• Cardinal D. Henrique (1578-1580)

House of Habsburg

• Philip I (1580-1598)
• Philip II (1598-1621)
• Philip III (1621-1640)

House of Braganza

• D. João IV (1640-1656)
• D. Afonso VI (1656-1667)
• D. Pedro II (1667-1706)
• D. João V (1706-1750)
• D. Jose Emanuel (1750-1777)
• D. Pedro III (1777-1786)

Monarchs of Brazil (1815-1822)

• D. Maria I (1777-1816)
• D. João VI (Regency 1792-1816, Reign 1816-1822)

Emperors of Brazil (1822-1889)

• Pedro I (1822 - 1831)
• Pedro II (1831 - 1889)
  • Regência Provisória (Regency 1831)
  • Regência Permanente (Regency 1831-1835)
  • Diogo Antônio Feijó (Regency 1835-1837)
  • Pedro de Araújo Lima (Regency 1837-1840).

See also

• List of Brazilian presidents
• History of Brazil

• List of Portuguese monarchs
• Kings of Portugal family tree
• History of Portugal