Pedro V of Portugal

Dom Pedro V (Anglicized: Peter V, ; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" , was King of Portugal from 1853 until his death in 1861.

Early life and reign

As the eldest son of Queen Maria II and King Ferdinand II, Peter was a member of the House of Bragança. As heir apparent to the throne he was styled Prince Royal (Portuguese: Príncipe Real), and was also the 23rd Duke of Braganza (Duque de Bragança). Portrait painting of Pedro V of Portugal by António Joaquim de Santa Bárbara. 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, along with his brothers Fernando and João and other royal family members, died of typhoid fever or cholera in 1861.

Pedro V founded Associação Naval de Lisboa on April 30, 1856, the oldest sports club in Portugal.

Marriage

Peter married German Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, eldest daughter of Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Princess Josephine of Baden, by proxy in Berlin on 29 April 1858 and then in person in Lisbon on 18 May 1858.

Among the many wedding guests in Lisbon was Stephanie's brother Prince Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad von Hohenzollern, Commanding General of the VII Prussian Army Corps, accompanied by Major Reimar Constantin von Alvensleben.

It was a happy marriage until Queen Stephanie died a year later from diphtheria. As Peter and Stephanie's marriage was childless, the Portuguese throne passed to his brother Luís.

Titles, styles and honours

Titles and styles

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.

As heir apparent to the Portuguese crown, Peter held the following titles: Duke of Braganza (23rd) Duke of Barcelos (18th) Duke of Guimarães (20th) Marquis of Vila Viçosa (22nd) Count of Ourém (24th) Count of Barcelos (24th) Count of Faria and Neiva (24th) Count of Arraiolos (26th) Count of Guimarães (21st)

Honours Domestic He was Grand Master of the following orders: Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz Order of Saint James of the Sword Order of the Tower and Sword Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa

Foreign

Ancestry