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4 unusual facts about Dom Pedro


Charles Elers Napier

When during Portugal's Liberal Wars his stepfather was appointed Admiral of the navy of Dom Pedro, he accompanied him as aide-de-camp, with the temporary rank of Captain, and distinguished himself by his bravery in the fourth Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833) in which the navy of Dom Miguel was resoundingly defeated.

George Lloyd Hodges

With the rest of the forces commanded by Maria's father Dom Pedro, the ex-Emperor of Brazil, they sailed from Terceira in the Azores, captured Oporto and endured a siege there of nearly a year.

Military history of Portugal

Over the next 25 years the fledgling Portuguese democracy experienced several military upheavals, especially the Liberal Wars fought between the brothers Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil and the absolutist usurper Dom Miguel.

Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela

Miguel condemned him to death in absentia and seized his estates, but Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, appointed Palmela guardian to his daughter, the rightful Queen Maria II, and he acted as her ambassador at the British court.


Rococo architecture in Portugal

Made according to the French taste for prince Dom Pedro, King José’s brother, it is characterized by good taste and elegance.


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1817 in birding and ornithology

Emperor Franz II of Austria finances an expedition to Brazil on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter Archduchess Leopoldina to the Portuguese crown prince, Dom Pedro of Alcantara Johann Natterer was the zoologist on the expedition and was accompanied by other naturalists including Johann Baptist von Spix and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Edward D. Muhlenberg

In September, 1857, he sailed for Brazil in company with several other civil engineers and artisans to assist in the construction of the Dom Pedro Segundo Railroad, which ran westward from Rio de Janeiro.

Esporte Clube Dom Pedro Bandeirante

Since moving to Núcleo Bandeirante, Esporte Clube Dom Pedro Bandeirante play their home games at Estádio Vasco Viana de Andrade, nicknamed Metropolitana.

Esporte Clube Dom Pedro Bandeirante, commonly known as Dom Pedro, is a Brazilian football team based in Núcleo Bandeirante, Distrito Federal.

The club moved to Núcleo Bandeirante in 2009, and it was renamed to Esporte Clube Dom Pedro Bandeirante.

Line of succession to the former Brazilian throne

In science fiction, Robert Heinlein's novel Time for the Stars depicts its protagonists returning to Earth after a galactic voyage lasting several centuries, and landing at Rio de Janeiro, where they are greeted by "Emperor Dom Pedro III", who presents them with a medal on behalf of the World Government.

Yuliana Glinka

With her father and sisters she traveled with Dom Pedro to Minas Gerais, visiting Ouro Preto and Diamantina, both very old cities with mystical associations.