Dom John VI, nicknamed "the Clement", was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 to 1825. Although the United Kingdom of Portugal ceased to exist de facto beginning in 1822, he remained its monarch de jure between 1822 and 1825. After the recognition of the independence of Brazil under the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro of 1825, he continued as King of Portugal until his death in 1826. Under the same treaty, he also became titular Emperor of Brazil for life, while his son, Emperor Pedro I, was both de facto and de jure the monarch of the newly independent country.
Portrait by Domingos Sequeira, c. 1802–06
Portrait of John as Prince of Brazil by Giuseppe Troni, c. 1788
The Embarkation of John VI and the Royal Family (1810)
Decree of the opening of the ports, National Library of Brazil
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was a pluricontinental monarchy formed by the elevation of the Portuguese colony named State of Brazil to the status of a kingdom and by the simultaneous union of that Kingdom of Brazil with the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of the Algarves, constituting a single state consisting of three kingdoms.
Brazil 1816 960 reis, Overstruck over Spanish 8 Reales.
The acclamation of King João VI of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in Rio de Janeiro
King John disembarks in Lisbon in 1821, after 13 years in Brazil
The Cortes of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves assembled in Lisbon in the wake of the 1820 Portuguese Revolution.