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Pedro around age 2, c.1800, by Agustín Esteve. Pedro was born at 08:00 on 12 October 1798 in the Queluz Royal Palace near Lisbon, Portugal. [1] He was named after St. Peter of Alcantara, and his full name was Pedro de Alcântara Francisco António João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascoal Cipriano Serafim.
When asked by politicians if he would like to assume full powers, Pedro II accepted. [32] On the following day, 23 July 1840, the General Assembly (the Brazilian Parliament) formally declared the 14-year-old Pedro II of age. [33] He was later acclaimed, crowned, and consecrated on 18 July 1841. [34] [35]
Dom Pedro II, Pela Graça de Deus, e Unânime Aclamação dos Povos, Imperador Constitucional, e Defensor Perpétuo do Brasil. His Imperial Majesty, Dom Pedro II, by the Grace of God, and the Unanimous Acclamation of the People, Constitutional Emperor, and Perpetual Defender of Brazil.
Pedro II had grown and matured by 1843. He was considered a Handsome man, [1] [2] [3] at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall [4] [5] with blue eyes and brown hair. [3] [4] [6] He had, however, two physical flaws: a protunding jaw (inherited from his Habsburg mother's family, [6] [7] [8] which in the later 1840s he would try to conceal by letting his beard grow), [8] [9] and a high-pitched, childish voice.
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In 1826, Pedro I abdicated the Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, Maria II, and returned to Portugal. In line with the policy of the Portuguese constitution and taking advantage of Brazil's fragility after the Cisplatine War, King John VI and the absolutist group of his ministry sought to reclaim Brazilian territory in mid-1825.
The early life of Pedro II of Brazil covers the period from his birth on 2 December 1825 until 18 July 1841, when he was crowned and consecrated. Born in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II was the youngest and only surviving male child of Dom Pedro I, first emperor of Brazil, and his wife Dona Leopoldina, archduchess of Austria.
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire's government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II.