Pedro II of the Empire of Brazil

This is definitely my field here in Veeky Forums so I'd like to share this mostly unknown character with y'all.

(Notice: this is going to be a history lesson, and possibly a boring one)

Pedro II was the second Emperor of the Empire of Brazil and definelty stands amongst the most competent leaders of the 19th century. I'll greentext from here:

>Pedro came into power after almost 12 years of no Emperor on the Brazilian throne, since his father, Pedro I, abdicated it when his son was only five
>Although a lot of political instability was ongoing during this period, the country had overall a lot of stability since the Independence in 1822 saw no major war develop, keeping the economy intact
>Once in power, he quickly began setting his nation as an emerging power in the Americas
>The nation grew to be distinguished from its Hispanic neighbors on account of its political stability, zealously guarded freedom of speech, respect for civil rights, vibrant economic growth and especially for its form of government: a functional, representative parliamentary monarchy
>Pedro had truly established one of a few progressive monarchies at the time
>And for that he quickly became familiar with his nickname amongst the people: "The Magnanimous"
>His approval rates got so high that he started using it as a political strategy: In the delicate matter of slavery, in 1850, Pedro had threatened to abdicated the throne if the parliament refused to approve the ban on the Atlantic Slave Trade, which worked tremendously well
>He also pursued some military endevours: three wars fought, and three wars won, with quite some struggle though, I must admit
>Being a man of science and technology, the Emperor was also the third person in the world to own a telephone, having one landline in his palace: one phone in his bedroom, another one downstairs

I'll continue down here:

>His true interest though was on ships, and for that he built the world's 5th strongest navy, being the first one as well to produce ironclads in Latin America
>And in 1888, Pedro finally managed to abolish slavery in his nation, since he understood that sooner or later it was needed and the economy best go through it's consequences at once. Plus the fact that the other nations of the world would now have a way better opinion of the Empire
>And in a time were the U.S.A. appeared divided and the Mexicans were in their decline, his belief on the power of his American Empire couldn't be stronger
>Sadly, that was not the same for the remaining politicians. You see, with examples like the U.S. and the surrounding Hispanic nations, the parliamentarians desired for more power first than their worries on the nation itself
>They found a great ally in many generals in the army who found the Emperor to be quite ignorant on their matters, and also on powerful land owners and oligarchs who did not like the slavery bill
>This opposition then, united, decided that they should throw a coup d'état and establish a Republic ruled by a military dictator
>Pedro II was devasted by this, and began to feel alone in his government and quickly lost all interest in rulling
>And his abdication came as quite an unexpected ending, since he still had the popular approval rates and a very big lack of interest by the people on a Republic
>In 1889, he left the throne after 58 years and died two years later in Europe
>Most republicans though saw in him a good model for the new government and allowed his body to be returned to Brazilian soil where it was mourned by the millions
>The republic's initial desire for power and lack of any vision on the future later resulted in many economic crisis, two civil wars, one more coup d'état and a military coup in the 60's
>And ironically, the Republican flag states in it "Order and Progress"

That is, my friends, the sad story of Pedro II and his Empire.

>3 wars won
>Paraguay war
>literally killing children for the sake of it

Muh war

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Seemed like a real human bean, it's quite telling that as soon as he and the whole monarchy was deposed, Brazil went to shit

kkkkkkkkkkk vsf

Most people get a bad grasp of latin american history because of UN legality. Brazil was not called Brasil but Bossa. Brasil is a play on asar and brasa. The old portuguese kingdom was Caribbean. South America was claimed by Caracas and most old families came from area around Colombia and Venezuela. Most specifically the regions around magdalena and orinoco and other rivers that connect to the amazon. amazon river was the busiest river in the western world.

>emperor of the empire of brazil

stopped reading their senpai

Brasil was spanish and some surnames in both countries mean you came from land of bossa. Like the surname Ossa. Spain gave possession up of Brasil and Portugal was given Brasil as thanks, also for continuation of amity unlike the spaniards that were pulling strings in france, netherland and germany. Dom Pedro was given title in democracy to oreserve history and culture. Not to rule as one. He is seen as most democratic ruling over a spaniard people and not portuguese. Creoles hated spanish because they were cruel and intrusive. So brasil was so Portugual could have a leg to lean on.

Monarchs of portuguese heritage were kicked out of europe because of their creole. Dom Pedro was just a vanity to help restore peoples faith. He knew that so he didnt abuse it. As to what happened in brasil thats a different story and brasils war with US over Panama canal zone influence. Land of tomorrow.

Learn make a coherent post you favela negroid.

>learn make

>be Brazil
>have two emperors
>first one likes it so much he abdicates and returns to Portugal to help his daughter get Queen
>second Emperor likes it so much he gets deposed in a coup with LITERALLY no popular support and doesn't even try to fight back

Ayy lmao!

>vsf
*vtf, seu macaco de merda que nem sequer sabe escrever

>respect for civil rights
>even poor niggers had slaves

This is what I imagine Mexico could have been like if Maximilian hadn't been so callously executed by that bastard Juarez

porfirio diaz was basically maximilian without the hoopla of monarchy

thanks OP

>Monarchs of portuguese heritage were kicked out of europe because of their creole
how was portuguese royalty kicked out of thier own country???

ever heard of fucking napoleon you retard

I thought that only involved spainish royalty???

"Vá se fuder", vá fuder a si mesmo

Don't like it, you're free to go somewhere else. But hey, why not learn a bit about something you don't know, eh?

>mostly unknown character
>Pedro II

What's your opinion on Vargas?

Well people might even know his name, which by itself is not even very common, but his characteristics and experiences are kinda oblivious to many.

>people know this prick though

Vargas stood as an Emperor himself. He didn't care what people thought or even what they believed was right or wrong. He did what had to be done, and actually gave some hope to the nation. Eventually, his essential arrogance got the best of him in the end. His story is so interesting it deserves a second thread. He's like the Brazilian John Curtin.

Well, slaves wouldn't apply for civil rights since they weren't citizens, would they?

Boring because brazil end up as shithole American puppet

I'd say depressive instead of boring

>Brazil was Spanish

Portugal was Spanish for only around 70-80 years with the Iberic Union. Spain itself never had any interest in the Portuguese South Amercian colony and this never got any influence down there. The Spanish side of Brazil was deep in the centre of the continent and never got explored and inhabited until the 19th century. So what little influence Spain has on Brazil comes from late Portuguese influenced colonists.

Nice one Pedro, did you get your coconut back?

Yes, the Triple Alliance War was very bloody. But Paraguay stood as a little stupid Kim Jong Un, with his expansionism and threats. When the war broke, Argentina and Brazil were surprised to see how well trained and iron-willed their army was, but they were seriously outnumbered. Their last stand was on a bridge next to the capital, in a valley, and hadn't it been for the Duke of Caxias they would have won the day and perhaps reinforced the capital.

Wtf did i just read? Have you had stroke or is this a fanfic?

Exactly

His abdication was his own fault. He simply did not give a fuck about it in the end. Also for some reason ignored Isabel's education for commanding a future empire. I don't think he ever intended for it to last

He got extremely disappointed when he realized that the Empire's parliament did not care for the nation but only in their personal interests, so he did give up.

Não, é "vai-te foder". Usa bem as pessoas, seu burro do caralho

Vargas is Salazar with much better foreshadowing

If Salazar had any brains, he would have started the democratization process right after ww2, instead of letting the commies make a revolution and the moderates to clean it up

Salazar would go down with the same reputation of FDR of he did it

>use bem
"use bem", salty bitch

What is your opinion on João Goulart?

Had it coming. Kubisbeck was much better

Better than Allende, anyway, since he wasn't autostic. Brazil does like to make coups outta petty things

>Had it coming.
Why? It seems to me, that only failed because of the opposition of territorial magnates. They feared the loss of power and so enlisted the army to gain control over Brazil.

Wait how was the US divided in the 1880s. Because of Reconstruction?

Since the civil war, the US has been divided in many, many aspects.

Best presidente

>Try your best to improve your nation when the US and Mexico were in Decline
>get blamed for Brazil’s fall just because some idiots decided that owning people is a God given right

Is this what Veeky Forums has become?

You forgot to mention his encounter with pic related in one of his travels in Europe

In fact he had no chance to assemble any kind of resistance against the 15 November coup d'état. The lack of diagnosis regarding the incoming situation greatly eased the uprising, and those to be blamed are the premier Afonso Celso (Ouro Preto), the Minister of War and the military authorities who should have warned the cabinet about the conspiracy (specially the Minister's Aide Floriano Peixoto). Meanwhile he was exiled to Europe, Pedro II said that he would resist if he had been correctly informed of what was happening on 15 November, traveling from Petropolis to Minas Gerais (not Rio, as he did).

Correction: it was the 7th or 8th most powerful navy, not the 5th.

the king of portugal moved his capital to brasil so that he could escape all the drama in europe. He just said "fuck this place and that tiny french man, im leaving"

No you fuckwit, Diaz was conservative Juarez

Thank you OP

O Brasil foi um erro.

>king
João was Prince-Regent, Maria was still the Queen.

Why didn´t he claim Portugal wich was in civil war and unrest and ruled as a united emperor of all kingdoms?

No. The cortes of Tomar granted them the kingdom but as a separate rule with a apointed viceroy, once they tried annexation they got expelled and the vice killed
Jonh IV was forced to become king by the nobles what were so invested in revolt that they would kill him and proclaim a republic