Pedro II of Brazil

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abolitionist emperor of Brazil human monarch

Pedro II of Brazil was the second and last emperor of Brazil, whose long and relatively stable 19th-century reign oversaw significant modernization, cultural development, and the eventual abolition of slavery in the country.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist → emperor of Brazil → human → monarch →
associatedWith	Brazilian Empire → Brazilian abolitionist movement → Paraguayan War →
birthName	Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga →
burialPlace	Petrópolis →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
child	Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil → Princess Leopoldina of Brazil →
countryOfCitizenship	Empire of Brazil →
dateOfBirth	1825-12-02 →
dateOfDeath	1891-12-05 →
education	tutored by José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva →
era	19th century →
father	Pedro I of Brazil →
fullName	Dom Pedro II →
givenName	Pedro →
honorificPrefix	His Imperial Majesty →
house	House of Braganza →
knownFor	abolition of slavery in Brazil → long and stable reign → modernization of Brazil → promotion of education and culture → support for science and technology →
languageSpoken	English → French → German → Greek → Italian → Latin → Portuguese → Spanish →
mother	Maria Leopoldina of Austria →
nativeLanguage	Portuguese →
notableEvent	deposed in the coup of 1889 → oversaw the abolition of slavery in 1888 →
placeOfBirth	Rio de Janeiro →
placeOfDeath	Paris →
positionHeld	Emperor of Brazil →
predecessor	Pedro I of Brazil →
reignEnd	1889-11-15 →
reignStart	1831-04-07 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Paço de São Cristóvão → Quinta da Boa Vista →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Maria II of Portugal →
spouse	Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies →
successor	Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil →
title	Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil → Dom →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dom Pedro I of Brazil → Pedro IV of Portugal →	child
Dom Pedro I of Brazil →	abdicatedInFavorOf
Pedro II of Brazil ("Dom Pedro II") →	fullName
Portuguese Empire →	monarch
Pedro IV of Portugal →	successor
Pedro II of Brazil ("Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil") →	title