List of titles and honours of the Brazilian Crown

Contents

This List of titles and honours of the Brazilian Crown sets out the titles of the monarchs of the Empire of Brazil while the monarchy was still in place.[1]

The titles of Brazilian emperors during the Brazilian Empire

The full title

Brazilian Portuguese Version[2]English Translation
Sua Majestade Imperial, Dom Pedro II, Pela Graça de Deus, e Unânime Aclamação dos Povos, Imperador Constitucional, e Defensor Perpétuo do Brasil.His Imperial Majesty, Dom Pedro II, by the Grace of God, and the Unanimous Acclamation of the People, Constitutional Emperor, and Perpetual Defender of Brazil.

The short title

Brazilian Portuguese Version[2]English Translation
Sua Majestade Imperial, o Imperador Pedro II do Brasil.His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.

Titles held by the monarch of the Empire of Brazil

Empire

Titles held by the heir apparent of the Empire of Brazil

Principalities

Duchies

  • Duke of Saxony

Counties

Hereditary Orders

  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Christ[5]
  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Aviz[5]
  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Cross[5]
  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Saint James of the Sword[5]
  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Pedro I[5]
  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Rose[5]

Titles held by the heir apparent to the heir apparent of the Empire of Brazil

Principalities

  • Royal Prince of Two Sicilies
  • Prince of Ligne
  • Prince of Joinville

Duchies

  • Duke of Braganza[6]

Counties

  • Count of Paris
  • Count of Nicolaÿ

References

  1. 1.Barman 1999, p. 11.
  2. 2.[2.2]Rodrigues 1863, p. 71.
  3. 3.[3.2][3.3]"Constituicão Politica do Imperio do Brazil (de 25 de Março de 1824)" (in Breton). Government of Brazil. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  4. 4.Bragança, Dom Carlos Tasso de Saxe-Coburgo e. A Princesa Leopoldina, in Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, vol. 243, 1959, pp. 87, 90. (ISSN 0101-4366)
  5. 5.[5.2][5.3][5.4][5.5][5.6]Sauer 1889, p. 102.
  6. 6.Duchess of Braganza, either by marriage or own right, is the grand mistress of the Order of Saint Isabel