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  1. Brazilian WI: The Dantas Project passes?

    With the abolitionist movement in Brazil growing ever more vigorous after the end of slavery in the provinces of Ceará and Amazonas, newly inaugurated prime minister Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas, a member of the Liberal Party, presented to the Chamber of Deputies a bill which proposed to...
  2. The Gybson Boy

    Pedro I of Brazil dies in September 1825

    Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and his wife Empress Maria Leopoldina As the title says, let's say that in September 1825, the young emperor of brazil falls from a horse and dies at the age of 26, less than 3 years after proclaiming the independence of the country he loves so much, at this moment his...

  3. A conservative cabinet in 1857 in Empire of Brazil

    On May 4, 1857, Pedro Araújo de Lima, the Marquis of Olinda, was appointed by Pedro II as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil. Olinda was a member of the conservative party, he was even one of the founders of the conservative party, but he decided to continue the so-called policy of...

  4. Legacy of the Magnanimous
    Threadmarks: A Prince Survives

    From “Independência ou Morte: A History of the Empire of Brazil” by Paulo Branco The birth of Pedro’s son and heir apparent, Dom Alfonso, in 1845, was celebrated throughout the Empire. Alfonso was even nicknamed “o príncipe perfeito”(the perfect prince), just like his father “o magnânimo”(the...

  5. WI:Isabel of Brazil, Queen Mother of Belgium

    Brainstorming to a timeline that I am planning: In our timeline, princess Isabel of Brazil has married the Count of Eu, but before that her father, Pedro II, considered marry his daughter with Prince Phillipe, son of Leopold I and brother of Leopold II. What if this happen? In view of the older...
  6. AltoRegnant

    Napoleonic Victory=Brazil Wank?

    Now i think we all know that the Portuguese royal family ran to Brazil after Napoleon took the kingdom's homeland. But if he were to win, and thus Portugal remains at best a french client state, could we see a Brazil wank? With no Portugal to return to, the kingdom wouldn't be divided and Pedro...
  7. thezerech

    What if the Brazilian Republican coup d'etat fails?

    What if the Republican coup of 1889 fails? Pedro II is not long for the world as he was already very old, how would Gaston d'Orleans reign as Emperor Consort? Assuming the Brazil can maintain her track record of stability and economic growth how high can the Brazilian Empire aspire too? Already...
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