This article is about the monarch of the Portuguese Empire. For another Lusophone monarch whose regnal name is also similar and is his agnatic descendant, see Peter II of Brazil.
Peter II
Portrait by Domenico Duprà, c. 1729
King of Portugal
Reign
12 September 1683 – 9 December 1706
Predecessor
Afonso VI
Successor
John V
Regent of Portugal
Regency
27 January 1668 – 12 September 1683
Monarch
Afonso VI
Born
26 April 1648 Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died
9 December 1706 (aged 58) Palhavã Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Burial
Pantheon of the House of Braganza
Spouses
Maria Francisca of Savoy
(m. 1668; died 1683)
Maria Sofia of Neuburg
(m. 1687; died 1699)
Issue Detail
Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira João, Prince of Brazil João V Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja Infante António Infanta Teresa Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém Infanta Francisca
House
Braganza
Father
John IV of Portugal
Mother
Luisa de Guzmán
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Signature
DomPedro II (Peter II; 26 April 1648 – 9 December 1706), nicknamed "the Pacific", was King of Portugal from 1683 until his death, previously serving as regent for his brother Afonso VI from 1668 until his own accession.[1] He was the fifth and last child of John IV and Luisa de Guzmán.
^Livermore 1969, p. 196.
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