The King who Declared Independence from Himself | The Life & Times of Pedro I
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- After over a year talking about Europe and the US, it's finally time to spice things up a little and break into the Southern hemisphere! The story of Brazil's independence is... unusual, to say the least. It's not too often the guy calling for independence from the big bad empire is part of the royal family. And then he and his successor are both weirdly magnanimous and respectful of the will of the people, I mean what gives, Brazil?
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Footnotes:
0:25 The game Pedro is playing with his sister (who in reality was seven years younger than him) is called the game of graces.
0:37 Yes, the First and Second Coalitions weren't actually part of the Napoleonic Wars, but Napoleon was in them and France won and it's a gross oversimplification.
0: 47 Rejected Princesses is a terrific website / book. One day I promise I'll cover someone from Africa!
2:13 I should clarify that Britain didn't officially support Brazil, but Brazil had hired a number of British mercenaries, including admiral Thomas Cochrane, pictured above.
2:32 He may have handed over the crown, but she was never actually "crowned" because no Portuguese monarch ever actually wore the crown after Joao IV gave it to the Virgin Mary.
Music:
0:00 Amor Maior - Higher Love by David Luong
0:03 Brazilian National Anthem (Instrumental)
0:06 Hidden Past by Kevin Macleod
0:14 Odeon by Ernesto Nazareth (thank you Benjamin Goldstein for identifying this!)
1:40 Pe de Vento from Suite Popular Brasileira by Edu Lobo, performed by the Sao Paulo Orchestra and Marin Alsop
2:38 Pe de Vento
3:00 still Pe de Vento
3:40 Spanish National Anthem
4:08 Pe de Vento again
4:16 Into the Forest by Aquaria
I'm honestly impressed at your pronunciation of Pedro's full name. You even got both João and José right, which is rare.
I’m not impressed, it seemed more a bad Spanish than properly Portuguese
So br e nao consigo falar kkkkk
@@Theyorgute I'm brazilian and that sounded pretty good to me
@@Theyorgute fak u
@@Theyorgute TECHNICALLY, Portuguese is but a bad Spanish.. That is, technically, a bad Latin.
Declaring war on your own Kingdom and your father and actually getting the independence of the empire's biggest colony and making it your own Empire and then GOING BACK to your former Kingdom and liberating it.
Pedro's whole life was an alpha move
There was no war
@@platonicchutoy4 There was some skirmishes and naval combats, but no formal war
"liberating" a country that didn't want to be liberated, how strange
Well, technically, it was not a war against his father, but a war against the leaders of the revolution of 1820, since the movement restrained the powers of D. João VI.
The war only happened because the revolutionaries planned to make Brazil a colony of Portugal yet again.
The one who declared war on his own father was Miguel I, who tried to make a coup to dethrone and arrest D. João VI while assuming the power along with his mother. Btw, the coup failed and that traitor piece of sh*t would only take power years later, when betraying another member of his family, Maria da Glória, his niece.
But, yeah! Still an Alpha move from Pedro. Imagine declaring war against your homeland to protect the legacy your father built.
@@matiasthecarpenter6852 Exactly
No
War
Can’t wait for the sequel, Pedro II.
Pedro II: Electric Bugaloo.
Pedro de Alcântara Francisco António João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascoal Cipriano Serafim III
never
@@Prodigi50 *Brazilian Boogaloo
@@tiagomd3811 why cucks? Do you prefer Deodoro da Fonseca? The man who consolidated Brazil as a Banana Republic?
@@tiagomd3811 Its kinda of hard getting rid of a inhuman policy that the elite in your country relies on.
Im not defending slavery, just saying that Pedro tried his best to be a good ruler and you got admit that he was a better ruler (and husband) than his father.
"How many names do you want for your baby?"
Pedro's parents: "yes"
Pretty sure it's an Iberian thing at the time
In Iberian cultures you get as second surname your mother's one (who doesn't loose her maiden name). This way you can chain surnames: your father's one, your mother's one, the second one of your father, the second one of your mother, the third one of your father...
@@Jayako12
Everything you wrote sounds like a tongue twister
sim* sim its yes in portuguese
I think it has something to do with the fact royal families marry into each other, like the bourbon part at the end. You could probably find another noble name or name of a royal family, ducial? family and what ever else in there
Portugal pretty much started the whole “fleeing to your colonies to continue to wage war with your allies against a more powerful enemy” trope
What the hell are you talking about? The last time Portugal (the metrople that is) got envaded was in the Napoleonic wars. In the 1st world only the colonies got envaded by Germany, and in Europe, you know... the western front pretty much static.
And in the WWII the whole Iberian Peninusula managed to stay neutral.
@@rafaelmelo2576 He isn't saying that Portugal did this many time. He is saying that Portugal was the first to do it, basically being the pioneer or the one who started the "government-in-exile in the colonies" trend.
Also, don't ask me why I'm talking in English to a person who is likely Portuguese or Brazilian (I'm the latter). I don't know it myself.
@@JoaoPedro-gc8mw Because you're polite enough to use the same language in the thread.
@@JoaoPedro-gc8mw because other people might want to listen in to you talk.
Got us some Cayenne pepper and some Uruguayan beef.
If there isn’t one for our bud Pedro II
we ain’t shaving
Pics or I don't believe you
@@JackRackam pervy.
@ You know, in retrospect I see how that could be taken the wrong way. My bad
@@JackRackam That was a joke! A joke!
@ Something something Poe's law
As far as monarchs go, we Brazilians were blessed. A gallant warrior king succeeded by his wise philosopher king son.
It is hard to understand why we switched that for a republic.
Pedro was exceptional. Most kings tend to be power hungry inbreds who don't care about their people. Brazil even gained independence because the French were fed up with their king.
Because coffee and capitalism is apparently more important than good governance
It was the time and the Monarchy, after 300 years in control (considering Colonial and Independent times) couldn't survive without slavery.
@@ErickSoares3
Which is ironic because the republic was founded by slaveowners who were pissed that the Emperor abolished it.
@@ErickSoares3 It could, and it would, but Pedro II was too much of a good guy, he should have shot the traitors/heretics (many of which were slave owners and some weren't even christian) down.
Sometimes you need to be brutal.
Pedro: Talks about how leaving his son alone is going to create disaster
Pedro II: Proceeds to make it out alive and become the greatest ruler Brazil has ever seen.
what's is so funny about this, is that his father, before going back to Portugal, said to him, something like this:
"Hey Pedro, I want it to be you the one who declares independence, not just some random ass adventurer"
Ele disse literalmente isso mesmo kkk
@@thecleitom9497 sim sim, só pra ressaltar mesmo
@Karl Quetzacoatl Brazil the nation of the forever for ever
@Karl Quetzacoatl That's correct, the empire has kept Brazil united as one single, powerful nation ...
Sim, D. João já havia percebido que caudilhos haviam tomado o poder e instalado suas ditaduras por toda a América espanhola esse eram os "aventureiros"
Declaring Independence from your own father?
*Power Move*
Well Brazil's history surely was tumultuous from the get-go. This was absolutely brilliant, and pretty hilarious. It's exactly the type of videos I aim to produce.
In fact, his father knew that Brazil would soon become independent, but that he wanted Brazil as a monarchy, not like the failed republics of Spanish America.
@@Jeferson_Matias_ Shh
@@Jeferson_Matias_ The brazilian flag refers to that, it's colors derived from the royal houses of Portugal. Green from Bourbon-Bragança, Yellow from the Habsburgs and White and Blue from the portuguese flag itself. That said, I prefer our mischievous naturalistic re-reading of forest, gold, sky and sea
@@astralaustral which is what ended up getting taught in schools, at least back in the early 1990s when I was growing up there.
Dom Pedro I has declared independence of Brazil from Portugal, not from his father !
Your channel needs way more subscribers. So funny and educational!
True!
UsefulCharts YES
You are my favorite channel though
This comment aged super well.
Hi
Your video is quite accurate! I'd like to add a few words about Pedro I. While he was the one who proclaimed independence of Brazil, the true minds behind the process were his wife Maria Leopoldina (daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis I) and José Bonifácio. He was away so they sent letters to Pedro explaining the situation and urging him to cut the ties with Portugal.
A less fun fact (and I'm not mentioning this to make fun of him or diminish the importance of the event): when the letters arrived he was at the margins of the Ipiranga River with his entourage, but it seems he ate something that didn't agree with his stomach, so he was plagued with diarrhea.
Another thing is that he was a terrible husband to his first wife, Empress Maria Leopoldina. She was an exceptional, very intelligent woman, but he didn't treat her right, specially when it comes to his long life mistress, Domitila de Castro. Pedro always had affairs, but the one with Domitila was the longest and most intense. He was so infatuated with her that he gave her and her father titles of nobility, bought a house for her next to the palace and made her a lady-in-waiting, which meant the she and Empress Leopoldina would have to appear side by side. Even on a patriarchal society like that one, people were horrified by the way Pedro treated the Empress, who was beloved by rich and poor alike. The humiliation Pedro made Leopoldina go through was so much, she fell into a severe depression that ended up killing her. Her death almost caused the population of Rio to riot.
On another note, that minister Pedro fired is José Bonifácio, a very very cultured man, spent years in Europe studying and was a believer in the conservation of our forests. And from what I know, Pedro considered Bonifácio a friend, but Bonifácio held more conservative and views and Pedro leaned towards liberalism. I believe that was the main reason Pedro fired him.
Another fact about Pedro is that after he left Brazil the newly formed Kingdom of Greece sent an emissary to ask him to be King of the Greeks, but he declined.
Dude, I feel like you deserve a reward for say the guy's full name. That was incredible.
And his pronunciation wasn't that bad... I should know, I'm Portuguese.
@@jacintovski and as a Brazilian I agree. Most of the time I stop English speakers and tell them saying "John" will be fine before they hurt themselves. But if they immediately assume it is "Juan" (as in the Spanish pronunciation) we will have problems.
@@GhostBear3067 yep... I just want to punch these people
@Eric Rogers I can't see it, but the way you say it is making me laugh. I'm European, from mainland Portugal in the centre so my accent is like a Russian that somehow learnt bad latin
Never have I seen someone pronouncing Portuguese names so well in my whole life!!
Little do you know I was this close to pronouncing "Javier" like in Spanish until I got someone to double check for me
Maybe for a Brazilian.
For European Portuguese, that pronounciation was... "Not very good" to put it kindly.
@Karl Quetzacoatl
Fair enough.
If he didn't do a Spanish pronounciaton, that's already a major plus on my book.
Pronouncing Portuguese words like you pronounce Spanish is a key to disaster, the words might be similar, but the pronounciaton is completely different.
@@FaithfulOfBrigantia It was a fairly successful attempt at pronouncing Portuguese names and honorifics, irrespective of variety.
@@FaithfulOfBrigantia I have noticed that knowing Portuguese (eu sou brasileiro) makes it easier to learn other Romance languages like Spanish and Italian but the reverse is not true. In my experience Spanish speakers have about the same amount of difficulty learning Portuguese as English speakers, something about the "ã" sound which they seem incapable of even hearing.
Reference only Brazilians will notice: You used a picture of the actress who played Pedro I's mistress in a recent telenovela at 2:50
i am not Brazilian but i knew that girl would be an actrecces
Portuguese also noticed it!
I missed it because living in the US I have been a bit out of the loop on the novelas.
João Pedro I’m Brazilian and I didn’t get the reference
@@CandyBlog That's Agatha Moreira
"Wow that's a pretty hetic life....WAIT HE DIED AT 35?!?!"
I know right?
Yes king with 20 years old. And general, One of the best. He was know as a soldier king. Before he past, he choose to have a simple funeral like a soldier.
Actually Pedro I wasn’t known for a great commander talent. His performance in the Cisplatina War led to demoralization and lost an strategic territory for the Empire. But he was an inspired leadership, and was a political organiser.
@@Thorlokbr and had several lovers... his children helped many bastard siblings in Brazil and Portugal, ahauaha
@@JackRackam
How did he die?
This guy is literally the definition of going on a sidequest.
hahahah yeah doing all sidequests and forgetting the main quest
Excellent Portuguese pronunciation and great channel.
Best pronunciation of João I have ever heard from an English speaker.
I love how everyone so abruptly dies in your videos.
Truly the best way to go - suddenly, and without warning
Jack Rackam I thought that during the peak of orgasm was the best way to go.
King of Portugal and ruler of Brazil whilst there’re at war.
His morning routine, wakes up has bath run to mirror, immediately starts fight with self.
A most Brazilian way to handle the situation.
Funny fact: Pedro was the first of his name in Brazil but only the fourth in Portugal.
Funny fact: there were only Pedro in the entire royal history of Hue Empire.
H U E E M P I R E. I mean, you're not wrong.
Great to see you uploading again! I should probably also give South America an acknowledgement of its existence sometime.
You should! How else will your subscribers ever find out about it?
@@JackRackam Or you might find out there are many subscribers to be had in South America.
Imagine becoming King of the nation you are at "war" with... might be a bit confusing
*Chuckles*
I'm in danger!
More like instant win really...
I would like to make a correction: everyone declared war on Napoleon and lost 4 times. Napoleon just knew to take advantage of his situation
Brazil's 19th century history is amazing. Sadly there have been a lot of efforts from republicans and later Marxists historians to discredit it because monarchy (the whole slavery thing also didn't help). Throughout the reign of Pedro the II it was pretty much more democratic than any European country, just lagging slightly behind the US in its number of eligible voters. It had a very free press and you could criticise the government as much as you liked, with no supression to republican parties. The emperor did have some powers, including a power to veto.
As a follow-up you really need to do a video on his son, Emperor Dom Pedro II
Where is america?
on here🌎
where are Africa and Europe and much of the world?
on here🌍
and where is Pedrinho mão de martelo I?
right here💗
Kkkkkkk
Cara, brilhante !!
Senti uma referência ao Nerdcast
Fun fact, when Napoleon was imprisoned in Sicily, he wrote a letter saying: I all of my military career, only twice I was defeated, by Peter the Great of Russia, and that damned Portuguese that tricked me.
Peter the Great was about 80 years earlier, but I love that the Portuguese managed to snub him all the same 😆
2:00 That's Rio's Legislative Assembly! And Rio was the capital at the time!
Indeed it is! Pretty sure that was one of those images that took a while to find, but still not as bad as trying to find the inside of America's old Supreme Court
@Alexandre Burko no
Yay brazil! I cannot wait to see all the brazillians come to complain about the government.
Rightfully so. Let this be a lesson for all the kids who do not exercise their voting rights.
@@agsantana Wrong is precisly because we have a rich history that we voted for him. He is the only one fighting for it,actually, the leftist tried over and over again to erase the history of our European Roots.
João Felipe k s you do realise you're not just european right?
João Felipe k s I’m just saying dude, most of the population of Brazil is of mixed ethnicity so by all accounts you might have a few black ancestors hell probably even a few europeans. And that’s nothing to be emberrased about.
Sandman shit i was really mad at you a month ago LOL sorry for that but anyway i'am telling you that i'm a southerner, my antecessors came from bavaria(germany) . Eighty percent of the population in my home state is consider ''european''
Loved the video, awesome job!
Thanks! I can't wait to see your Bronze Age video!
Fun Facts: Brazil was actually winning the Cisplatine War, but Pedro got so depressed due to his wife's death that he agreed to release Uruguay.
Carlota, João VI wife and Pedro's mom hated his husband so much, they lived in different palaces and she also tried to crown herself queen of Argentina.
João VI was sympathetic to the idea of centering the Portuguese Empire around Brazil, he left Pedro in Brazil so that he could inherit Portugal and make João's dream come true.
That... Would have been a weird empire to explain...
"So... the Portuguese empire is centered around Brazil"
"What about Portugal itself?"
"Part of the empire."
"But... It's the Portuguese empire..."
Brazil was defently not wining the libertarian crusade (Uruguayan war), they lost crousial battles like Sarandí which they never managed to recover from
Another fun fact:
Portuguese brazilian is more similar to the old portuguese spoken in the 1500's than modern portugese.
Pedro's mother was mentally ill.
@@nerobernardino88 that's like saying it's weird for Constantinople to be the Capital of the Roman Empire.
I think it would have been beautiful, and both Portugal and Brazil would be far more relevant in the World politically and economically combined.
As a Brazilian, I really aprecciated this video. Amazing! You just won +1 subscriber
+1 For talking about the National Museum's fire.
3:19 Ironically, José Bonifácio himself was once exiled.
I'm so freaking glad to have had this channel pop up in my recommendations. I'm loving all your content thus far. ❤
Same its so interseting!
Why is this channel not more popular?? This is gold !
I just binge watched a ton of your videos. These are amazing!
Thanks so much, man!
3:59 NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
As a Brazillian, the museum on fire thing hurt to see =/
Great video though
Thank you for this! Our little Pedro sure was rebelious.
There are some things that I didn't even know about this kinda of war of independence that we had. Loved the video +1 subscriber.
Much appreciated!
4:00 That move hits hard! Great video
How do you not have more subscribers? I'm subscribing for sure
Love your videos - watched all of 'em! Would love to see a video about a person from my home country, Poland! Maybe Kościuszko?
I love your channel so so much it great
Awesome! Love your videos! If it’s possible, I would love it if you did an episode on someone from Wales, because I think Cmyru needs some love!
The only problem is then I'd have to tackle Welsh names 😆
Great video
Thanks
I JUST FIGURED OUT THAT YOU NARRATE THE USEFUL CHARTS! The duality of this guy
Very good video. Nice Portuguese pronunciation!
Do Emperor Dom Pedro II, the second Kingdom
Reign*
@@FakeMito o títull oficial era imperador
Great video
Thanks for not calling them King Peter and King John.
I will usually let English speakers use those names so they do not hurt themselves trying to pronounce the Portuguese
@@GhostBear3067 Isn't that hard to pronounce Portuguese. Then again, I'm native speaker so I am biased
@@KlavierMenn João in particular is a problem, actually any Portuguese word with "ã" really. Something I have noticed is that English speakers, and hell even Spanish speakers, cannot seem to even hear "ã", much less say it.
@@Cjnw ok I was not aware Polish had the "ã".
I think the issue is not just the the "ã", but the whole "ão" diphthong. Foreigners can way more easily learn something like irmã (sister) than irmão (brother).
thanks for the upload dad
How does this channel not have more subs
I'm here from OSP. I loved this video! You've just acquired a new subscriber.
Hiya! There's an exciting video about Wu Zetian coming soon, I'm sure the anticipation is killing you 😄
@@JackRackam I am also from OSP and lately I just been marathon this channel. Keep the good job.
Nice, a video about Brazil!
I really like your videos!
Thank you! :D
The detail of the beards was sublime.
Well well, look who decided to trot along here all of a sudden.. Welcome back dude
how the hell have i never heard this story before. awesome.
2:51 Kudos for using the picture of the actress who really played Pedro's mistress on a TV series.
What an introduction to this channel.
Love that closing
Pleasent surprise of a new video
I know its a tiny little piece of history, but since you mentioned Uruguay could you do José Gervasio Artigas?
I suggest you do an episode on Baybars, sultan of the Mamluks. Killed his master, crushed crusaders, fought everyone when he was younger, roasted crusader princes metaphorically.
Hey, it's been a year and reconstruction efforts of Brazil's National Museum are still going on. I can see the palace from my college campus and they just replaced the old roof. Things are hard here but we're doing the best we can. Best regards
Unfortunatelly the Japanese Resistance Army could not come and supply troops to the Brazilian revolt, though they did counsel them on how to make demands like a boss.
How the fuck? You literally put so much time an effort into your videos and make them super humorous you should be on the tiers of Alternate History Hub or Emperor Tigerstar. Dear god are these good.
Read the first few words of your comment and thought you were about to tear into me 😆. Thank you!
Você acabou de convocar todos os brasileiros da internet.
Boa sorte.
Dia 7 de setembro, Pedro vai as margens do Rio Ipiranga e grita:
HOJE É SEXTA-FEIRA
Please do a video for Pedro II.
That picture of the royal palace burning hurts so much because it`s so recent
Bonifacio was shown as a traitor, sad! He is the Brazilian Otto von Bismarck ...
Please do pedro II
Hes one of the best leaders
thank you jack
This is exactly the right way to conquer a brazilian audience;
Making a video abiut Brazil
This guy had so many reverse unos going on in his life. Should we call him one big reverse uno dude?
Nossa parabéns conseguiu resumir tudo em menos de 5 minutos
Getulio Vargas would also be a super cool Brazilian to cover. His legacy is so interesting and full of controversy. He was basically a politician that turned in to a dictator and later committed suicide, but left an epic letter. I would not consider him a good person, although he was beloved by many for having improved works rights.
What did he do?
Chalaça: El rei your brother stand a coup against your daugther.
Pedro, the brawler: Chalaça, hold my cape.
This is the third time I watch this video and only now has my dumbass noticed that when you say "more territories broke off and declared independence from Brazil" that you're mentioning Pernambuco (heck, even the flag appears later on) and this is the state I'm from and it took me so long to get that
Waiting for the video about Pedro II
Up
The starting transition
Good afternoon! I would like to have a doc, pdf or picture version of this video!
Make the sequel!
i enjoy this video
His great grandson killed the Aztecs also I finally found out where your intro was sorry I meant the tribes in Brazil
What a man
Just look at the solid amount of surnames he has!
His parents must be so lucky
Mansa musa I know extra history but they didn’t cover it all
Fun video.
Funny video. I like this guy's snarky-ness.
Ok as a Brazilian the most impressive part of this video was your pronunciation of João, most English speakers cannot even get close before I stop them from hurting themselves and say John is ok.
Also, I understand that you used the Hino do Ipiranga (Brazil's modern national anthem) because it is more well known, the more accurate national anthem would have been the Hino da Independência ( ua-cam.com/video/6OM20Kd0N2o/v-deo.html ) which incidentally was partially written by Brazil's first emperor.
Br hue
It has been a while since you uploaded.
Apart from the turnaround between Innocent III and John Marshall, which was insanely fast, a month is about the usual for me when I'm on schedule, even though considering the increase in man-hours it ought to be more like six weeks. Anything less is sadly unfeasible for me :(
@@JackRackam Are you unable to create content due to the needed time to animate these videos or are you thoroughly occupied in labour in order to make a living!
Fun fact: D.Pedro I had more than twenty children
High five from Brazil
History is my favorite subject and it's hilarious to be able to laugh at the Royal networks now.
I fell off the sofa laughing my ass off at 03:58! :-D
Brazil also has telenovelas about his family!