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 the kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve, as well as colonial possessions in Africa and Asia.

The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves came into being when the Portuguese king John VI moved to the Portuguese State of Brazil in 1808 during the war with Napoleonic France. The state of Brazil was elevated to the rank of Kingdom, and the kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves 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 the name of this united kingdom was included the historical kingdom of the Algarves, which included the present-day Portuguese region of Algarve, always administered as a de facto province of Portugal - and the Overseas Algarve - the former Portuguese territories in what is now Morocco.

In 1822, the Brazilian regent Peter, the 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 spelt the end of this United Kingdom. Portugal recognized Brazil's sovereignty in 1825.

[edit] Monarchs of the United Kingdom

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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

• Brazil history
• Colonial flags of Brazil

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