This man was His Imperial Majesty, Dom Pedro II, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil. He reigned from his father abdication in 1831 (Because his father Pedrão decided he loved 
more than us) until he was deposed by seditious republicucks in the army in November 15th 1889. Though he was under a regency council until 1840 due to being a child when his father abdicated and left him in Brazil.
Anyways, D. Pedro II traveled a lot in his late reign. In the 1870s he went to Egypt, the Middle East, Europe and the United States, and I just wanted to share some pictures I found interesting.
So on the second pic he's hiking the Pyramid of Cheops.
This pic was taken during his visit to Jerusalem.
This one is from Niagara Falls
Also, everywhere he went he wrote down his name along with the date. He wrote in on Cheops sarcophagus as well.
During his Eurotrip he met with Friedrich Nietzche on a train trip, on the United States he went to the Philadelphia world fair and was among the first to use Alexander Graham Bell's invention, the telephone (apparently he attracted public attention to Graham Bell's invention). He loved so much it was soon installed on his palace at Quinta da Boa Vista in Rio de Janeiro, and another line in Petrópolis (his summer palace in the Serra Fluminense).
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Based republichads
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The “republichads” were a mix of positivists, conservative military men and former slave owners. The nobility continued in charge, for instance the Baron of Rio Branco was minister of Foreign Affairs during the Old Republic
Brazil is not France, even subsequent republic era governments (including Getúlio Vargas who put an end to the Old Republic) praised D. Pedro II.
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I have no sympathy for D. Pedro II or any monarch from the casa de Bragança, incompetent idiots brought their own downfall
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Stop
the Tuga Braganças in Brazil. Dom João VI, Dom Pedro I and Dom Pedro II were instrumental figures not only in the formation of Brazil as a nation-state, but also they're the reason the country didn't split up like the Spanoid Virreinatos.
Their descendants however are hilariously unhinged, I think Luis Phillips de Orleans e Bragança is the sanest one (regular rightoid congressman), his uncle Beltram however still uses “Dom Beltram”, and fashions himself as “His Imperial Highness”
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would you rather Brazil was a still a monarchy?
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No, I don't like monarchies, I like democracies but I see no point in hereditary figureheads like Charles III or Felipe VI. There are monarchists in Brazil but no chance to go back to the old Regime.
But I recognize the Empire of Brazil played an important role at it's time, and I think I can admire historical figures without supporting the system behind them.
Pedro II is interesting because by the end of his reign he was basically a republican lol, he got rid of court ceremony and balls in the 1880s along the old regalia. He had no male heirs and he was certain that his unpopular daughter would be deposed and that it was a matter of time before the country became a republic.
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A day ending in y I guess
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the monarchy also owned slaves albeit
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The monarchy abolished it actually, Princess Isabel signed the golden law
As Dom Pedro II was traveling, supposedly he celebrated the end as a great advance for Brazil and it's blessed people
Sadly, this directly irritated many power brokers that soon conspired to end the monarchy
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hmm I didnt knew that, I withdraw my claims about D. Pedro II
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His legacy is definitely romanticized but he was probably one of our better heads of state
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https://g1.globo.com/google/mundo/noticia/2024/04/25/presidente-de-portugal-fala-em-reparacao-ao-brasil-por-escravidao-entenda-o-que-significa-na-pratica.ghtml
O Marcelo diz que você e o
@Bellicose-Twink tem que pagar reparashiuns
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nao vou pagar nada
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They were called “escravos da nação” and they officially belonged to the state. But yes, some of them were used by the Imperial Household as well as part of the staff.
These state owned slaves were freed after the signing of the “Lei do Ventre Livre” in 1871.
The Golden Law was in 1888.
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