“I think my grandfather Pedro I probably didn’t expect that the Kingdom of Brazil would be dead in my father’s generation, and our line would be extinct.
He certainly didn't expect that the last members of our Braganza royal family are really just your Miguel family.
In the future, maybe the Braganza royal family will really rely on you to maintain the family's glory.
After all, you are destined to dominate Luxembourg, and I have seen ominous omens in the actions of the current Gotha and Braganza dynasties in Portugal and their kings.
Carlos I was arbitrary and did not listen to others' advice, which was so disappointing. Having experienced the demise of Brazil, I could already predict the tragedy of their lineage. "
The person who spoke to Downing was the current patriarch of the Brazilian royal family, Isabel Cristina Leopoldina Augusta Micaela Gabriella Rafaela Gonzaga.
"Tangning, you have inherited the Brazilian royal family and are the orthodox member of the Braganza family.
I have a small request. Can you add my father's and grandfather's Pedro's name to your name? I hope you can satisfy me.
I have heard about your ambitions from your father, but please listen to my advice and don’t be too persistent. If it doesn’t succeed, forget it. You are the hope of our Braganza family. "
Looking at the kind and gentle Aunt Isabel and hearing her advise him not to be too persistent and forgetful, Tang Lin was certainly grateful.
"Aunt Isabel, from now on my name will be Tangning Pedro João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Braganza.
Thank you Aunt Isabel for your concern. Don’t worry, I will definitely regain the Kingdom of Brazil. "
"Alas! It's good for Tangning to have confidence, but the American continent is the stronghold of liberals!
You are destined to become the Grand Duke of Luxembourg in the future, our heir, and will continue the glory of our Braganza royal family.
Don't be like the Habsburg King of Mexico. Remember my words, don't take risks if you can't do it. "
Isabel was born on July 29, 1846. She became the Crown Prince of Brazil in 1850 and the patriarch of the Brazilian royal family in 1891. She has experienced too many things.
Isbel is now an old man who is almost 60 years old and the only remaining member of the Brazilian royal family. His only married sister has died long ago.
The Braganza royal family in Brazil is a tragic royal family with extremely few family members.
Pedro II married Teresa Cristina, the seventh and youngest daughter of King Francesco I of the Two Sicilies and his distant cousin, in Naples on May 30, 1843, and they had two sons. Two daughters.
Tragically, the two sons died young and did not live to adulthood, while the two daughters, Isabel and Leopoldina, did.
Isabel never married, so she had no descendants, and Leopoldina married Ludwig August, the seventh Prince of Kohari, the second son of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohari. Te married and had four sons.
As it stands now, the Brazilian royal family in exile has no direct descendants.
Isabel's sister and children obviously do not belong to the royal family of Braganza, they belong to Gotha.
It can be said that the Braganza royal family in Brazil has become extinct.
The current royal family of Braganza is really the Miguel family. The Portuguese royal family strictly speaking belongs to the royal family of Gotha.
Isabel witnessed with her own eyes how the Brazilian king, known as the empire, was destroyed. She truly saw the power of the liberal republic and the weakness of the conservative monarch.
His father, Pedro II, was the only son of Miguel's brother Pedro I. He was born with a real silver spoon in his mouth, but his ending was extremely miserable.
Perode II, the second emperor of the Brazilian Empire, had a life of ups and downs.
Perode II, who was born in Rio de Janeiro on December 2, 1825, inherited the throne at the age of 5. A three-person regency committee arranged by his father assisted in the governance of the country.
On July 23, 1840, the National Assembly declared 14-year-old Pedro II to take office early. After taking office, he used the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party to alternately manage government affairs, while he retained the final say.
Brazil, the American continent it is located in, has always been a place where freedom is strong. Conservatives are actually not strong. They often rely on power and repression.
The same is true for Isabel's father, Perode II. Many times he could only rely on suppression, but this would gradually lose the support of the people, although he was also making amends.
While suppressing the republican movement in Rio Grande do Sul and the Pernambuco uprising, Perode announced in 1840 the emancipation of all slaves he owned. On September 4, 1850, a decree was issued prohibiting the trade of African slaves.
In the second half of the 19th century, the Brazilian people launched a large-scale abolition movement, and Perona II actively cooperated. In May 1888, the imperial government was forced to announce the abolition of slavery.
Pedro II actively participated in state affairs and governed the country carefully.
He encouraged foreign immigrants and developed domestic resources. The capitalist economy developed, industrial and agricultural production increased significantly, and railway and telecommunications construction also achieved great results.
Perode II paid attention to the development of education, founded the Brazilian Historical-Geographical Association, and actively participated in the activities of the association.
Perode II, who practiced distant diplomacy and close attack, focused on developing relations with Europe and the United States, but expanded and struck hard at neighboring countries.
From 1851 to 1852, they united with Uruguay and Argentina to defeat Rosas' dictatorship and attempted to annex Uruguay; from 1865 to 1870, they united with Argentina and Uruguay to defeat Paraguay and won the Paraguay War.
Perode II thought that if he brought victory to the country, he would win the hearts of the people, but it was just the opposite.
Due to the continuous wars, the people's resentment boiled.
Perode's Brazilian empire was overthrown in a coup launched by careerists and republicans in the military on November 15, 1889.
After losing the Brazilian Empire, Perode II fled to Portugal in Europe with his queen, eldest daughter Isabel, and second daughter Leopoldina. He died in Paris on December 5, 1891.
Isabel, who had experienced the destruction of her country and her family, really had no confidence in restoring the Kingdom of Brazil because she understood that the liberal republicans in the American continent were too powerful.
Here, no matter how well the king does and no matter how obedient the public opinion is, he will still be dissatisfied by the republican liberals, who will take advantage of them, and the king can rely on the conservative forces, the army and large farmers, etc., which are not reliable and will rebel at critical times.
Isabel has witnessed all this with her own eyes. Her father, who followed the trend, was still forced step by step. She had seen liberals who pushed their limits and conservative forces who betrayed shamelessly.
In the second half of the 19th century, the Brazilian people launched a large-scale abolition movement, and provincial legislators immediately held provincial assemblies to vote on the abolition movement.
In 1883, the "Abolition League" was established, and the abolition movement spread across the country. The following year, slaves over the age of sixty-five were emancipated, and all provinces declared abolition.
On May 3, 1888, as the daughter of Pedro II and still a princess at the time, Isabel signed the "Golden Act", abolishing slavery, and slavery finally disappeared from the Western Hemisphere.
So what if the king is adapting to the situation, he is being pressed step by step, and each one is making further progress.
After the abolition of slavery, the monarchy was seen by some republicans as an obstacle to Brazil's modernization and economic growth, hindering their expansion of interests. They began to oppose centralization and called for broader regional autonomy.
Since the abolition movement, republicans hope to overthrow the monarchy and realize a republic, and the voice of republicanism has been rising. In 1887, Deodoro da Fonseca organized a military club and began planning a coup.
On November 15, 1889, Fonseca and Floriano Araujo Peshoto united with the republicans to launch a military coup, surrounded the cabinet conference hall, and gained control of the government.
Fonseca declared the abolition of the monarchy, converted to a republic, and established a provisional government. However, farmers and landowners who originally supported the monarchy defected because Pedro II supported the abolition of slavery.
Two days later, Isabel followed Pedro II into exile in Europe, and the Brazilian Empire fell.
"Tangning, I have seen how shameless those people are. There is no point in compromising with them. Besides, we don't have the capital to talk to him now."
Isabel told Tangning the cruel truth.
"We have no value to them now."
When Isabel saw that Tang Ning was devoting herself wholeheartedly to the Brazilian restoration movement, Isabel quickly told him the history so that he could see the facts clearly.
She did this to tell Tang Ning not to have too high hopes for the upper class people in Brazil. In the past, the royal family had value, but now it has no value to them at all.
"Aunt Isabel, you have been living in the Algarve for a long time now, not Lisbon, right!?"
Tangning asked Aunt Isabel.
"Yes, I live here now!"
Isabel thought about what Carlos I had done when he refused to listen to advice, and answered Tangning with some sadness.
"It's too dangerous in Lisbon. Under the high pressure of Carlos I and the Gotha royal family, there will definitely be no good end."
"Algarve, there are many Brazilians here now. Do you have any contact with them? What does he think of the Braganza family?"
The Brazilians who left the Kingdom of Brazil did not fare well. The development of the Algarve required labor, so Tangning suggested that his father introduce Brazilians.
Isabel has naturally come into contact with the Brazilians here. Although these Brazilians have to work hard, they are much better than those in Brazil. Even though they work hard in Brazil, they do not gain much.
In the Algarve, labor creates wealth, much better than in Brazil. The Brazilians here are full of gratitude to the Braganza family who gave them a happy life.
"The Brazilians here seem to be different from those in Brazil. They respect and admire us very much."
"Auntie, do you know why they love us?"
After hearing Tangning's inquiry, Isabel fell into deep thought and thought about it seriously.
"It should be that we bring them the life they want, right? That's why they love us."
"Yes, Auntie, you are right. This is the situation."
Tangning expressed her thoughts to Aunt Isabel, who understood the situation.
"Auntie, restoring the kingdom does not necessarily involve only considering the upper class, the people at the bottom are the key.
Those Brazilian upper-class people only have the right to speak. In fact, we can also cultivate the right to speak.
The people are not fools. Those republicans said that life would be better after the king left, but what about the situation? Why is it getting worse and worse?
Now that Brazilians are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with them, how many people still believe in the Republic? Why are the people at the bottom gradually making voices missing the royal family?
Auntie, if we bring a better life to the people at the bottom of Brazil, will these people believe in me or them? "
