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State of Brazil Estado do Brasil | |
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| 1549–1815 | |
 Coat of arms
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 The State of Brazil in 1815 | |
| Status | State of the Portuguese Empire |
| Capital | Salvador (1645–1763) Rio de Janeiro (1763–1815) |
| Common languages | Portuguese |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Government | Absolute monarchy |
| Monarch | |
• 1521–1557 | John III (first) |
• 1777–1816 | Maria I (last) |
| Governor General/Viceroy | |
• 1549–1553 | Tomé de Sousa (first) |
• 1806–1808 | Count of Arcos (last) |
| History | |
• End of hereditary captaincies | 1549 |
• Transference of the capital to Rio de Janeiro | 1763 |
| 1792 | |
| 22 January 1808 | |
• Elevation of Brazil to Kingdom | 16 December 1815 |
| Currency | Portuguese Real |
| ISO 3166 code | BR |
The State of Brazil (Portuguese: Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil.