United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves ←   ←   ← 1815 – 1822 →   →   → Flag Coat of arms The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves with its colonies Capital Rio de Janeiro (1815- 1821) Lisbon (1821- 1822) Language(s) Portuguese Religion Catholicism Government Monarchy Monarch  - 1815-1816 Maria I  - 1816-1825 John VI History  - Established 1815  - Disestablished 1822 Currency Real

The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves was a monarchy consisting of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve. It came into being when the Portuguese king John VI moved to the colony of Brazil during the war with Napoleonic France in 1808. The colony of Brazil was elevated to the rank of a Kingdom, and the Kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve were united as a single State by the title of The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves by a Law issued on December 16, 1815.

In 1822 the Brazilian regent Dom Pedro, son of John VI, declared the Brazilian independence, as a consequence of the Liberal Revolution of 1820 in Portugal, and became Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, which meant the end of this United Kingdom. Portugal recognized Brazil's sovereignty in 1825.

Monarchs of the United Kingdom

• Maria I, Queen 1815-1816;
• John VI, King 1816-1822.

References

• Monarchy in Brazil Ministry of External Relations, accessed on 8 June 2008.
• Elevação do Brasil a Reino Unido a Portugal e Algarves Secretary of Education of Rio de Janeiro, accessed on 8 June 2008. (Portuguese)
• Reino Unido (1815-1822) Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, accessed on 8 June 2008.

See also

• History of Portugal (1777-1834)
• Brazilian Empire
• Kingdom of Portugal

External links

• Brazil history
• Colonial flags of Brazil

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