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Also Known As Peter IV of Portugal • Dom Pedro
Born October 12, 1798 • Lisbon • Portugal
Died September 24, 1834 (aged 35) • Lisbon • Portugal
Title / Office king (1826-1826), Portugal • emperor (1822-1831), Brazil
Notable Family Members father John VI • daughter Maria II • brother Michael

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Michel Temer
president of Brazil
John III
king of Portugal
Martim Afonso de Sousa.
Martim Afonso de Sousa
Portuguese admiral
Tomé de Sousa
governor general of Brazil
Andrada e Silva
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
Brazilian statesman
Joaquim José da Silva Xavier
Brazilian patriot
St. José de Anchieta
St. José de Anchieta
Portuguese author and scholar
Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega
Portuguese priest
The first female president of Brazil
Dilma Rousseff
president of Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro
president of Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
president of Brazil
Neymar at the 2022 World Cup
Neymar
Brazilian football player
Itamar Franco
Itamar Franco
president of Brazil
Romário: 1994 World Cup
Romário
Brazilian football player and politician
Vargas, 1951
Getúlio Vargas
president of Brazil
Pelé
Pelé
Brazilian athlete
Pedro II
Pedro II
emperor of Brazil
Kaká
Kaká
Brazilian football player
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo
president of Brazil
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen

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Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
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