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Pedro V (;
English: Peter;
Pedro de Alcântara Maria Fernando Miguel Rafael Gonzaga Xavier João António Leopoldo Vítor Francisco de Assis Júlio Amélio de Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança),
the Hopeful (
Port. o Esperançoso) (
September 16,
1837 in
Lisbon –
November 11,
1861 in
Lisbon) was the 31st (or 32nd according to some historians)
King of
Portugal and the
Algarves from
1853 to
1861.
He was the eldest son of
Queen Maria II and her
King-Consort Ferdinand II and was born after his mother's accession. As
heir apparent to the throne he was styled as the 19th
Duke of Braganza.
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 Pedro's reign,
roads,
telegraphs, and
railways were constructed and improvements in
public health advanced. For this he was greatly loved and his popularity further increased when, during the great cholera outbreak he visited hospitals handing out gifts and talking and comforting the sick.
However, this was unable to save the life of the young king who died (along with his brother Ferdinand and other royal family members) of
cholera in 1861. He was much loved and his death, along with other relatives, was deemed so unnatural that there were actually revolts when he died. He was married to Princess
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, but they'd no children and therefore the Portuguese throne passed to his younger brother,
Luis I.
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