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Peter V (
Portuguese: Pedro VPortuguese pronunciation:[ˈpeðɾu]; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" (
Portuguese: o Esperançoso), was
King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861.
Peter 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's official styling as King of Portugal: By the Grace of God and by the Constitution of the Monarchy, Peter V, King of Portugal and the Algarves, of either side of the sea in Africa, Lord of Guinea and of Conquest, Navigation, and Commerce of Ethiopia, South Africa, Arabia, Persia and India, etc.[2]
As heir apparent to the Portuguese crown, Peter held the following titles:[3]
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ab"While remaining
patrilineal dynasts of the duchy of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha according to pp. 88, 116 of the 1944 Almanach de Gotha, Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 5 of the
1838 Portuguese constitution declared, with respect to
Ferdinand II of Portugal's issue by his first wife, that 'the Most Serene House of Braganza is the reigning house of Portugal and continues through the Person of the Lady Queen Maria II'. Thus their mutual descendants constitute the Coburg line of the House of Braganza"
Castelo Branco e Torres, João Carlos Feo Cardoso de (1838). Resenha das familias titulares do Reino de Portugal: acompanhada das notícias biographicas de alguns individuos das mesmas famílias (in Portuguese). Lisbon:
Imprensa Nacional.
Pinto, Albano da Silveira (1883). Resenha das familias titulares e grandes de Portugal (in Portuguese). Vol. I. Lisbon: Francisco Arthur da Silva.
* also an infante of Castile and León, Aragon, Sicily and Naples,§ also an infante of Spain and an archduke of Austria,# also an infante of Spain,‡ also an imperial prince of Brazil,¶ also a prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony,◙ also a prince of Braganza,¤ title removed in 1920 as their parents' marriage was deemed undynastic,ƒ claimant infante
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza was not a recognized house in the former
Kingdom of Portugal and monarchs following Maria II and Ferdinand II officially continued to be members of the
House of Braganza