List of monarchs of Brazil

Succession to the Brazilian throne is determined by descent, sex, legitimacy and religion. The Brazilian monarchy came to an end on November 15, 1889, following a military coup which overthrew Emperor Pedro II and established a republic. According to the Imperial Constitution (1824), the Brazilian monarchy was hereditary according to male-preference primogeniture among the dynastic descendants of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, and the crown could only be inherited by one who held Brazilian nationality.Les manuscrits du C.E.D.R.E. – Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique, vol. III. Le Royaume de Portugal, L'Empire du Brésil. Cercle d'Études des Dynasties Royales Européennes (president, Jean-Fred Tourtchine), Paris, 1987, pp. 31–33, 42, 51, 66–71, 77–81, 87–90. (French). . The Imperial constitution also states that the monarch and the first in line should be Catholic,Constituição Politica do Imperio do Brazil, art. 103.Constituição Politica do Imperio do Brazil, art. 106. and the marriage of a female heir presumptive required consent of the emperor or the Assembly.Constituição Politica do Imperio do Brazil, art. 120.

Prince Bertrand of Brazil is the de jure Emperor of Brazil, and his heir presumptive is his brother, Antônio, Prince Imperial of Brazil. Antônio's two youngest children are next in order of birth: Rafael, Prince of Grão-Pará, Princess Maria Gabriela of Orléans-Braganza. Fourth in line is Princess Eleonora of Brazil, Princess of Ligne, the Emperor's sister de jure; the fifth is Eleonora's youngest son, Henri Antoine, Hereditary Prince of Ligne.

List
Monarchs in Brazil (1500-1815) 

House of Aviz
D. Manuel I (1500-1521) 
D. João III (1521-1557) 
D. Sebastiao I (1557-1578) 
Cardinal D. Henrique (1578-1580) 

House of Habsburg
Philip I (1580-1598) 
Philip II (1598-1621) 
Philip III (1621-1640)

House of Braganza
D. João IV (1640-1656) 
D. Afonso VI (1656-1667) 
D. Pedro II (1667-1706) 
D. João V (1706-1750) 
D. Jose Emanuel (1750-1777) 
D. Pedro III (1777-1786)

Monarchs of Brazil (1815-1822)
D. Maria I (1777-1816) 
D. João VI (Regency 1792-1816, Reign 1816-1822)

Emperors of Brazil (1822-1889) 
Pedro I (1822 - 1831)
Pedro II (1831 - 1889)
Regência Provisória (Regency 1831)
Regência Permanente (Regency 1831-1835)
Diogo Antônio Feijó (Regency 1835-1837) 
Pedro de Araújo Lima (Regency 1837-1840).
 Current line of succession 
Line of succession (Vassouras)

15px Emperor Pedro II (1825–1891)
 Isabel, Princess Imperial and Countess of Eu (1846–1921)
 Luís, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1878–1920)
 Prince Pedro Henrique of Brazil (1909–1981)
 Prince Luiz of Brazil (1938–2022)
 Prince Bertrand of Brazil (b. 1941)
 (1) Antônio, Prince Imperial of Brazil (b. 1950 - 2024 )
 (2) Rafael, Prince of Grão-Pará (b. 1986)
 (3) Princess Maria Gabriela of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1989)
 (4) Eleonora, Princess of Ligne (b. 1953)
  (5) Henri Antoine, Hereditary Prince of Ligne (b. 1989)

 References 

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