Kingdom of Brazil Reino do Brasil | |||||||||
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1815–1822 | |||||||||
Status | Constituent kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves | ||||||||
Capital | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Brazilian | ||||||||
Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||
• 1815–1816 | Maria I | ||||||||
• 1816–1822 | João VI | ||||||||
Prince Regent | |||||||||
• 1815–1816 | John of Braganza | ||||||||
• 1821–1822 | Pedro of Braganza | ||||||||
Legislature | Cortes (1820–1822) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
16 December 1815 | |||||||||
6 March 1817 | |||||||||
24 August 1820 | |||||||||
• Return of the Royal Family to Portugal | 25 April 1821 | ||||||||
7 September 1822 | |||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1820 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||
Currency | Real | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | BR | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Brazil (Portuguese: Reino do Brasil) was a constituent kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.[1]