Acclamation 16 September 1855 Successor Luis I | Name Pedro of Role King of Portugal | |
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Reign 15 November 1853 – 11 November 1861 Regent Fernando II (1853–1855) Prime Ministers See listDuke of SaldanhaDuke of LouleDuke of TerceiraJoaquim Antonio de Aguiar Parents Maria II of Portugal, Ferdinand II of Portugal Siblings Luis I of Portugal, Infanta Antonia of Portugal Cousins Isabel - Princess Imperial o, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Princess Clotilde of Saxe‑Co, Pedro Afonso - Prince Im Similar People Maria II of Portugal, Luis I of Portugal, Carlos I of Portugal, John I of Portugal, Manuel II of Portugal |
Dom Pedro V ([ˈpedɾu]; English: Peter V; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" (Portuguese: o Esperançoso), was King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861.
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Early life and reign
As the eldest son of Queen Maria II and her de jure uxoris co-monarch Ferdinand II, Pedro was a member of the House of Braganza. As heir apparent to the throne he was styled Prince Royal (Portuguese: Príncipe Real), and was also the 19th Duke of Braganza (Duque de Bragança).

Pedro 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, succumbed to typhoid fever or cholera in 1861.
Marriage

Pedro married 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. It was a happy marriage until Queen Stephanie died a year later from diphtheria. As Pedro and Stephanie's marriage was childless, the Portuguese throne passed to his brother Luís.
Titles and styles
As heir apparent to the Portuguese crown, Peter held the following titles:
Honours
Ancestry
The ancestry of Peter V, comprising five generations: