Pedro I Ruled Brazil From 1822 Until Abdicating In 1831

The preserved heart of Portuguese King and Brazil's first Emperor, Pedro I, will be put on public display in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia to celebrate 200  years of Brazilian independence from Portuguese rule.

Pedro I was born in 1789 and fled to the then Portuguese colony of Brazil in 1807, after Napoleon Bonaparte's forces entered Portugal via Spain, and following the 1821 coup led by Portuguese Army Lieutenant General, Jorge the Count of Avilez, had initiated the Brazilian Revolution against Portuguese rule and became the Brazilian Empire's first Emperor in 1822, a position he held until abdicating in 1831 in favour of his son Pedro II, and returning to Portugal after the Napoleonic Wars ended following the Battle of Waterloo.

In 1826 he became King of Portugal for two months until abdicating to dedicate his life towards being Emperor of Brazil, resulting in Infanta Isabel Maria to become Regent of Portugal from 1826 until Pedro I's daughter Infanta Maria da Gloria became of age and married her own uncle Prince Miguel in 1828 and later her coronation as Queen of Portugal in 1834, a position she held until her death on the 15th of November 1853.

Pedro I died aged 35 from Tuberculosis on the 24th of September 1834, after which per his final wishes, his heart was embalmed and preserved in formaldehyde and transported to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lapa Church in Porto, and his body was taken to the Royal Pantheon of the House of Barganza where he was buried until 1972, when his remains was exhumed and reburied at the Monument to the Independence of Brazil in Sao Paulo for the country's 150th anniversary of independence from Portugal where his final resting place is to this day.

Modern day Brazil and Uruguay were colonized by the Portuguese in 1500, after they and Spain signed the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 following Christopher Columbus's voyage and discovery of the Americas in 1942, dividing the world into two halves ruled by Spain and Portugal.

In this deal: Portugal got first dibs on Africa, Asia, and Brazil, whilst Spain got the West Indies, North America, Meso America, The Andies, and the Guyanas.

Between 1500 and 1814, Brazil and Uruguay were governed as mere colonial positions of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999), in 1815 it was granted the status of Kingdom within the Union after Portugal became the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and The Algarves.

Pedro I's heart visiting Brazil for the fist time since 1831 has galvanized the Brazilian population, who've been under threat of civil war for over three years.

The heart will be in Brazil for the country's independence day before returning to Porto back in Portugal.