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The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was a monarchy consisting of the kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve, as well as colonial possessions in Africa and Asia.
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves came into being when the Portuguese king John VI moved to the Portuguese State of Brazil in 1808 during the war with Napoleonic France. The state of Brazil was elevated to the rank of Kingdom, and the kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves were united as a single State by the title of The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves by a law issued on December 16, 1815.
It should be noted that, in the name of this united kingdom, was included the historical kingdom of the Algarves, which included the present-day Portuguese region of Algarve, always administered as a de facto province of Portugal - and the Overseas Algarve - the former Portuguese territories in what is now Morocco.
In 1822, the Brazilian regent Peter, the son of John VI, declared the Brazilian independence, as a consequence of the Liberal Revolution of 1820 in Portugal, and became Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, which spelt the end of this United Kingdom. Portugal recognized Brazil's sovereignty in 1825.
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