State of Brazil

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State of Brazil
Estado do Brasil
1549–1815
Brazil colonial blason.svg
Coat of arms
Brazil (1822).svg
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  
 1621–1640
Philip IV of Spain
(Philip III of Portugal)
 1750–1777
Joseph I of Portugal
Governor General/Viceroy  
 1621
Luís de Sousa
 1806–1808
Marcos de Noronha e Brito
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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag Portugal (1578).svg Governorate General of Brazil
Flag of Portugal (1750).svg State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro
Flag of Portugal (1750).svg State of Maranhão and Piauí
Flag of New Holland.svg 1654:
Dutch Brazil
1630:
Dutch Brazil
Flag of New Holland.svg
1815:
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves
Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves (1815-1825).svg
Kingdom of Brazil Blank.png

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.

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History

In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was split into two states, the State of Brazil and the State of Maranhão. The state was created on June 13, 1621 by Philip II of Portugal. [1]

This action divided Portuguese America into two administrative units, with the capital of the State of Brazil located in São Salvador and the capital of the State of Maranhão located in São Luís.

The State of Brazil became a Viceroyalty in January 1763, when the capital of the State of Brazil was transferred from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.

Composition

The State of Brazil originally included 12 of the original 15 captaincies, all except Ceará (which became subordinate to Pernambuco later) and Maranhão, two parts, which included the subcaptaincy of Para west of the Tordesillas Line at that time (north to south):

Captaincies created by the state

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