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Pedro II of Brazil

1825 - 1891

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Dom Pedro II (Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; 2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed the Magnanimous (Portuguese: O Magnânimo), was the second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. Pedro II was born in Rio de Janeiro, the seventh child of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil and Empress Dona Maria Leopoldina and thus a member of the Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza (Bragança). His father's abrupt abdication and departure to Europe in 1831 left the five-year-old as emperor and led to a lonely childhood and adolescence, obliged to spend his time studying in preparation for rule. His experiences with court intrigues and political disputes during this period greatly affected his later character; he grew into a man with a strong sense of duty and devotion toward his country and his people, yet increasingly resentful of his role as monarch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro II of Brazil is the 864th most popular politician (down from 748th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 13th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Politician.

Pedro II of Brazil is most famous for being the last Brazilian Emperor and for his abolition of slavery.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pedro II of Brazil ranks 864 out of 19,576. Before him are Zeno, John Quincy Adams, Cleopatra II of Egypt, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Martti Ahtisaari, and Demetrius I of Macedon. After him are Ante Pavelić, Sneferu, Boudica, Walter Ulbricht, Stanisław Leszczyński, and Nizam al-Mulk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Pedro II of Brazil ranks 2. Before him is Johann Strauss II. After him are Thomas Henry Huxley, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Ferdinand Lassalle, Jean-Martin Charcot, Johann Jakob Balmer, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Charles Garnier, Charles Frederick Worth, Paul Kruger, and Henry Walter Bates. Among people deceased in 1891, Pedro II of Brazil ranks 5. Before him are Arthur Rimbaud, Nikolaus Otto, Helena Blavatsky, and Georges Seurat. After him are John A. Macdonald, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, P. T. Barnum, Herman Melville, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, and Sofia Kovalevskaya.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Pedro II of Brazil ranks 10 out of 2,236. Before him are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), Garrincha (1933), Oscar Niemeyer (1907), Zico (1953), Ronaldo (1976), and Dilma Rousseff (1947). After him are Mário Zagallo (1931), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), and Didi (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Pedro II of Brazil ranks 3. Before him are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), and Dilma Rousseff (1947). After him are Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Michel Temer (1940), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), João Goulart (1918), and Deodoro da Fonseca (1827).

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