Pedro II of Kongo, ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo during the kingdom's first conflict with the Portuguese colony of Angola
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This episode accelerated the end of his reign, leading a few months later to his abdication in favor of his son, Pedro II, who was only 5 years old, and the establishment of a regent's junta to govern the country until he became of age.
The name means "Peak of the Flag" and it was so named after Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, ordered a flag to be flown on it.
Finally, on July 6, 1891, the village became a municipality that was named Teresópolis, after empress Dona Teresa Cristina, wife of emperor Dom Pedro II.
Colégio Pedro II is a Federal Public School named after Pedro II of Brazil.
During his stay in Rio de Janeiro he had contact with Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil as is apparent from Aimard’s January, 11, 1880 letter to Pedro II which letter he signed with Gustave Aimard.
On a visit to the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, Pedro II was impressed by Alexander Graham Bell's new invention, the telephone, and had a line connecting his Summer Palace to his farm headquarters.
The Council of State of the Empire of Brazil, presided over by Pedro II, came down on the side of the Freemasons and against the church.
After João III (1375), "of good memory", came two prelates, Pedro II and João IV, whose rule was brief on account of the Great Schism, the former being deposed by Pope Urban VI.