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The Apogee of Pedro II of Brazil refers to the decade from 1870 to 1881 during which Emperor Pedro II, and Brazil itself, reached the height of their prestige and activity. The nation experienced rapid development and the emperor was intimately involved in pushing for further progress on a variety of economic and cultural fronts.
Dom Pedro II (2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed the Magnanimous (Portuguese: O Magnânimo), was the second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. [a] Pedro II was born in Rio de Janeiro, the seventh child of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil and Empress Dona Maria Leopoldina and thus a member ...
Pedro II of Brazil was the second and last emperor of Brazil. Despite his popularity among Brazilians, Pedro II was removed from his throne in 1889 after a 58-year reign. He was promptly exiled with his family. Despite his deposition, he did not make an attempt to regain power. He died in late 1891 while in Paris, France, after two ...
As the first quote indicates, Dom Pedro II was incredibly popular among the Brazilian people throughout his reign, including during the months leading up to the military coup that ousted him from power. As the second quote suggests, Pedro accepted his dethronement calmly and without protest.
Here Debret presents a grand, theatrical interpretation of the ascendancy of Emperor Pedro I and the separation of Brazil from the kingdom of Portugal. Framed by a curtain and flanked by symbols of the new nation’s independence, the former prince regent takes center stage. Debret is at once conveying two messages that later artists would ...
2 mai 2024 · Pedro II (born Dec. 2, 1825, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—died Dec. 5, 1891, Paris, France) was the second and last emperor of Brazil (1831–89), whose benevolent and popular reign lasted nearly 60 years.
1 févr. 2001 · He has sifted more than a score of Brazilian and European archives, including the imperial family’s private Arquivo Grão Pará (Petrópolis). In the early chapters, the author often cites his Brazil: The Forging of a Nation (1989), our most trustworthy political narrative of the era 1798–1852.
