Pedro V of Portugal
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Pedro V aged 23, c. 1860
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| King of Portugal and the Algarves | |||||
| Reign | 15 November 1853 – 11 November 1861 | ||||
| Acclamation | 16 September 1855 | ||||
| Predecessors | Maria II and Fernando II | ||||
| Successor | Luís I | ||||
| Regent | Fernando II (1853–1855) | ||||
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16 September 1837 Necessidades Palace, Lisbon |
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| Died | 11 November 1861 (aged 24) Necessidades Palace, Lisbon |
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| Burial | Pantheon of the Braganzas | ||||
| Spouse | Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||
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| House | Braganza | ||||
| Father | Ferdinand II of Portugal | ||||
| Mother | Maria II of Portugal | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Portuguese: Pedro de Alcântara Maria Fernando Miguel Rafael Gonzaga Xavier João António Leopoldo Víctor Francisco de Assis Júlio Amélio de Bragança e Bourbon Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha |
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Royal styles of King Pedro V of Portugal |
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| Reference style | His Most Faithful Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Most Faithful Majesty |
| Alternative style | Sire |
Dom Pedro V (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpedɾu]; English: Peter V; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" (Portuguese: o Esperançoso), was King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861.
As the eldest son of Queen Maria II and her de jure uxoris co-monarch Ferdinand II, Pedro was a member of the House of Braganza. As heir apparent to the throne he was styled Prince Royal (Portuguese: Príncipe Real), and was also the 19th Duke of Braganza (Duque de Bragança).
Pedro was a conscientious and hard-working monarch who, under the guidance of his father, sought radical modernisation of the Portuguese state and infrastructure. Under his reign, roads, telegraphs, and railways were constructed and improvements in public health advanced. His popularity increased when, during the cholera outbreak of 1853–1856, he visited hospitals handing out gifts and comforting the sick.
Pedro V, along with his brothers Fernando and João and other royal family members, succumbed to typhoid fever or cholera in 1861.
Pedro married Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, eldest daughter of Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Princess Josephine of Baden, by proxy in Berlin on 29 April 1858 and then in person in Lisbon on 18 May 1858. It was a happy marriage until Queen Stephanie died a year later from diphtheria. As Pedro and Stephanie's marriage was childless, the Portuguese throne passed to his brother Luís.
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