Monarchy of Brazil (Parallel Brazil)

While Brazil has been under monarchic rule since its discovery by Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500, it just became a kingdom of its own in 1815, during the Congress of Vienna, by a decree signed by the Prince Regent John VI. Between 1815 and 1821, Brazil was a kingdom inside the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves. When the independence, Brazil mantained itself as a monarchic country (the Kingdom of the United Provinces of Brazil), ruled by the brazilian branch of the House of Braganza, the Brazilian Royal Family.