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John VI of Portugal

John VI
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John VI of Portugal (Domingos Sequeira, c. 1802)
King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Reign 20 March 1816 – 7 September 1822
Acclamation 6 February 1818,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Predecessor Maria I
King of Portugal and the Algarves
Reign 7 September 1822 – 10 March 1826
Successor Pedro IV
Emperor of Brazil
Titularity 15 November 1825 – 10 March 1826
Born (1767-05-13)13 May 1767
Queluz Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died 10 March 1826(1826-03-10) (aged 58)
Bemposta Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Burial Pantheon of the Braganzas, Lisbon, Portugal
Spouse Carlota Joaquina of Spain
(m. 1785)
Issue
Full name
Portuguese: João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael
Dynasty Braganza
Father Pedro III of Portugal
Mother Maria I of Portugal
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Full name
Portuguese: João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael

John VI (Portuguese: João VI; 13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826), nicknamed "the Clement", was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 to 1822. Although the United Kingdom over which he ruled ceased to exist de facto beginning in 1822, he remained its monarch de jure between 1822 and 1825. After the recognition of Brazilian independence under the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro of 1825, he continued as King of Portugal and the Algarves until his death in 1826. Under the same treaty, he also became titular Emperor of Brazil for life, while his son, Emperor Pedro I, was both de facto and de jure the monarch of the newly-independent country.

Born in Lisbon in 1767, the son of Maria I and Peter III of Portugal, he was originally an infante (prince, but not heir to the throne) of Portugal. He only became heir to the throne when his older brother José, Prince of Brazil, died of smallpox in 1788 at the age of 27.

Before his accession to the Portuguese throne, John VI bore the titles Duke of Braganza and Duke of Beja, as well as Prince of Brazil. From 1799, he served as prince regent of Portugal (and later, from 1815, as prince regent of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves), due to the mental illness of his mother, Queen Maria I. In 1816, he succeeded his mother as monarch of the Portuguese Empire, with no real change in his authority, since he already possessed absolute powers as regent.


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