pedro iv

The First Brazilian Emperor and 29th King of Portugal died young at the age of 35. He was three times offered the throne of Spain by the liberals, and was also offered the throne of Greece. IOTL he abdicated of his title in Portugal in 1826, then the Brazilian one in 1831 to fight for his...

I was always curious about what it would be like if Portugal and Brazil remained united in the same empire. It is possible that instead of declaring Brazil's independence, Pedro IV (Pedro I of Brazil) starts a Portuguese civil war claiming that the liberal government in Lisbon is illegitimate...

So apparently the Spanish and Portuguese liberals had both agreed to give Pedro IV (who was also the emperor of Brazil) the crowns of both Portugal and Spain and give him the title of Emperor of Iberia as a constitutional monarchy in 1830. Yet nothing came of it. I haven't found much concrete...