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Braganza
, house-type = House
, father =
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
, mother =
Queen Maria II of Portugal
, image = Queen Maria II by John Simpson.jpg
, caption = Portrait by John Simpson, 1835
, succession = Queen of Portugal
, reign =
, predecessor = Pedro IV
, successor = Miguel I
, reg-type = Regents
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Necessidades Palace
The Necessidades Palace () is a historic building in the Largo do Rilvas, a public square in Lisbon, Portugal. It serves as headquarters of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry. The Palace has been classified as a Property of Public Interest since 198 ...
,
Lisbon
, burial_date =
, burial_place =
Pantheon of the Braganzas
, signature = Signature Peter V of Portugal.png
, religion =
Roman Catholicism
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Peter V ( pt, Pedro V ; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" ( pt, o Esperançoso), was
King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861.
Early life and reign
As the eldest son of
Queen Maria II and
King Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia from ...
, Peter was a member of the
House of Bragança.
["While remaining ]patrilineal
Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritan ...
dynasts of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, links=no ), was an Ernestine, Thuringian duchy ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present ...
according to pp. 88, 116 of the 1944 ''Almanach de Gotha
The ''Almanach de Gotha'' (german: Gothaischer Hofkalender) is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher nobility, also including the major governmental, military and diplomatic corps, as well as statistical data by country. First publish ...
'', Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 5 of th
1838 Portuguese constitution
declared, with respect to Ferdinand II of Portugal's issue by his first wife, that 'the Most Serene House of Braganza is the reigning house of Portugal and continues through the Person of the Lady Queen Maria II'. Thus their mutual descendants constitute the Coburg line of the House of Braganza" As
heir apparent
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to the throne he was styled Prince Royal (
Portuguese: ''Príncipe Real''), and was also the 23rd Duke of Braganza (''Duque de Bragança'').
Peter was a conscientious and hard-working monarch who, under the guidance of his father, sought radical modernisation of the Portuguese state and infrastructure. Under his reign, roads, telegraphs, and railways were constructed and improvements in public health advanced. His popularity increased when, during the
cholera outbreak of 1853–1856, he visited hospitals handing out gifts and comforting the sick.
Pedro V, along with his brothers
Fernando and
João
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Kings ...
and other royal family members, succumbed to
typhoid fever
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or
cholera in 1861.
Marriage
Peter married Princess
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, eldest daughter of
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and
Princess Josephine of Baden, by proxy in
Berlin
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on 29 April 1858 and then in person in
Lisbon on 18 May 1858. It was a happy marriage until Queen Stephanie died a year later from
diphtheria
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. As Peter and Stephanie's marriage was childless, the Portuguese throne passed to his brother
Luís.
Titles, styles and honours
Titles and styles
Pedro V's official styling as King of Portugal: ''By the Grace of God and by the Constitution of the Monarchy, Peter V, King of Portugal and the Algarves, of either side of the sea in Africa, Lord of Guinea and of Conquest, Navigation, and Commerce of Ethiopia, South Africa, Arabia, Persia and India, etc.''
As heir apparent to the Portuguese crown, Peter held the following titles:
*
Duke of Braganza (23rd)
*
Duke of Barcelos (18th)
*
Duke of Guimarães
Duke of Guimarães was a Nobility title granted by King Afonso V of Portugal in 1475, to Ferdinand II, 3rd Duke of Braganza. The king just upgraded the previous title of count of Guimarães, that he granted to the same Duke of Braganza, some ye ...
(20th)
*
Marquis of Vila Viçosa (22nd)
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Count of Ourém (24th)
*
Count of Barcelos (24th)
*
Count of Faria and Neiva (24th)
*
Count of Arraiolos (26th)
*
Count of Guimarães (21st)
Honours
;Domestic
* He was Grand Master of the following orders:
**
Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ
**
Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz
**
Order of Saint James of the Sword
**
Order of the Tower and Sword
**
Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
The Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (also known as The Order of Our Lady of Conception of Vila Vicosa; pt, Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa) is a dynastic order of knighthood of the House of Braganza, the f ...
;Foreign
Ancestry
See also
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Dom Pedro V Theatre
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D. Pedro V High School
References
Further reading
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19th-century Portuguese monarchs
Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
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People from Lisbon
Deaths from typhoid fever
Deaths from cholera
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Extra Knights Companion of the Garter
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain
Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class