Pedro V of Portugal

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Pedro V
Portrait, 1861
King of Portugal
Reign	15 November 1853 – 11 November 1861
Acclamation	16 September 1855
Predecessor	Maria II and Ferdinand II
Successor	Luís I
Regent	Ferdinand II (1853–1855)
Prime Ministers	See list The Duke of Saldanha The Duke of Loulé The Duke of Terceira Joaquim António de Aguiar
Born	(1837-09-16)16 September 1837 Necessidades Palace, Lisbon
Died	11 November 1861(1861-11-11) (aged 24) Necessidades Palace, Lisbon
Burial	Pantheon of the Braganzas
Spouse	Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ​ ​ (m. 1858; died 1859)​
House	Braganza
Father	Ferdinand II of Portugal
Mother	Maria II of Portugal
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Signature

Dom Pedro V (Anglicized: Peter V, Portuguese: Pedro de Alcântara Maria Fernando Miguel Rafael Gonzaga Xavier João António Leopoldo Vítor Francisco de Assis Júlio Amélio; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" (Portuguese: o Esperançoso), 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).

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 30 April 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

Royal styles of King Peter V of Portugal
Reference style	His Most Faithful Majesty
Spoken style	Your Most Faithful Majesty

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)

Ancestry

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pedro V of Portugal.

• Dom Pedro V Theatre
• D. Pedro V High School

Notes

References

Further reading

• 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.