Back دولة البرازيل Arabic Estado del Brasil Spanish Brasiilia koloonia Estonian מדינת ברזיל HE 브라질국 Korean Brazilijos vicekaralystė Lithuanian Estado do Brasil Portuguese State of Brazil SIMPLE รัฐบราซิล Thai Штат Бразилія Ukrainian
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State of Brazil Estado do Brasil | |
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| 1549–1815 | |
 Coat of arms
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 The State of Brazil in 1815 | |
| Status | State of the Portuguese Empire |
| Capital | Salvador (1645–1763) Rio de Janeiro (1763–1815) |
| Common languages | Portuguese |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Government | Absolute monarchy |
| Monarch | |
• 1521–1557 | John III (first) |
• 1777–1816 | Maria I (last) |
| Governor General/Viceroy | |
• 1549–1553 | Tomé de Sousa (first) |
• 1806–1808 | Count of Arcos (last) |
| History | |
• End of hereditary captaincies | 1549 |
• Transference of the capital to Rio de Janeiro | 1763 |
| 1792 | |
| 22 January 1808 | |
• Elevation of Brazil to Kingdom | 16 December 1815 |
| Currency | Portuguese Real |
| ISO 3166 code | BR |
The State of Brazil (Portuguese: Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil.