United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

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Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
← Image:Flag Portugal sea (1500).svg
 
← Image:Flag Portugal (1707).svg
 
← Image:Kingdom of the Algarve CoA.png
 1815 – 1825 Image:Flag of the First Empire of Brazil.svg →
 
Image:Flag Portugal (1707).svg →
 
Image:Kingdom of the Algarve CoA.png →
Image:Flag United Kingdom Portugal Brazil Algarves.svg Image:Brasão do Vice Reino do Brasil.JPG
Flag Coat of arms
Image:Portuguese empire 1800.png
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve with its colonies
Capital Rio de Janeiro
Language(s) Portuguese
Religion Catholicism
Government Monarchy
Monarch
 - 1815-1816 Maria I
 - 1816-1825 John VI
History
 - Established 1815
 - Disestablished 1825
Currency Real

The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve 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 Algarve by a Law issued on December 16, 1815.

The instability in Europe led many Spanish colonies to declare their independence in this period. In 1822 the Brazilian regent Dom Pedro, son of John VI, followed this example, declared the Brazilian independence and became Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, which meant the end of this kingdom.

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it:Regno Unito di Portogallo, Brasile e Algarve nl:Verenigd Koninkrijk van Portugal, Brazilië en de Algarve pl:Zjednoczone Królestwo Portugalii, Brazylii i Algarve pt:Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves

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