Pedro II

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Pedro II 1825-1891.

Brazilian emperor (1831-1889) who assumed the throne after the abdication of his father, Pedro I. His later reign was marked by the abolition of slavery.

Pedro II

(Biographies / Pedro II (1825-1891) M, Brazilian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1825-91, last emperor of Brazil (1831-89); son of Pedro I. He was deposed when Brazil became a republic (1889)

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Petrópolis			Following the deposition of Pedro II in 1889, the country became a republic; during the twentieth century, though, Brazil fell frequently to military coups, some of them (most infamously in 1964) made possible by covert US assistance. Cigars in Brazil An Uncertain Future? by Ann Knapp / Travel, recreation and leisure community Dom Pedro II In his act of abdication and before he left Brazil, Dom Pedro I said "they don't want me because I am Portuguese," and to a certain extent he was right, because his son was a prince born in Brazil. State and race in the Brazilian Empire by Garner, Lydia M. / Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table The hotel is painted in the yellow and green of the imperial flag of Emperor Pedro II, the owner's great grandfather, and its public areas are decorated with photos of the royal family. Paraty Glitters Again by FABEY, MICHAEL / Latin Trade			Pedobaptist pedocal pedodontia pedodontics pedodontist pedogenesis Pedograph pedology pedomancy pedometer Pedometric pedomorphism pedomorphosis Pedomotive pedon pedophile pedophilia pedophiliac pedophobia Pedotrophy Pedrail Pedregal Pedro Pedro Calderon de la Barca Pedro I Pedro II peduncle Peduncled Peduncular Pedunculata pedunculate pedunculate oak pedunculated polyp pedway pedwood pee Pee Dee Pee Dee River pee-pee Peebles Peeblesshire Peece Peechi peeing peek peekaboo Peel peel away peel back peel off Peel River			Pedro A. de Alarcon Pedro Alarcon Pedro Albizu Campos High School Pedro Alvares Cabral Pedro Álvares Cabral Pedro Antonio de Alarcon Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Pedro Antonio de Alarcon Y Ariza Pedro Antonio Saad Pedro Calderon de la Barca Pedro Calderón de la Barca Pedro Campaña Pedro de Alarcon Pedro de Alarcón Pedro de Alvarado Pedro de Luna Pedro de Valdivia Pedro Español Pedro Fernandes de Queirós Pedro Fernandez de Quiros Pedro Guevara Memorial National High School Pedro I Pedro I Pedro I of Brazil Pedro I of Brazil Pedro II Pedro Luis e a Parede Pedro Miguel Boat Club Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of Aranda Pedro Pablo Atusparia Pedro Pablo Atusparía Pedro Rodriguez Campomanes Pedro the Lion Pedro V of Portugal Pedro Valdivia Pedro Ximenes Pedro Ximenez Pedro Ximénez Pedro Ximinez PEDS PEDS PedsCCM PEDT PEDUK peduncle peduncle peduncle peduncle disease peduncle disease peduncle disease peduncle of corpus callosum Peduncled Peduncled Peduncled peduncles peduncles

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