Brazilian Monarchs-Monarcas Brasileiros (Music "O Guarani" by Carlos Gomes)

The Brazilian Monarchs - From Discovery through Empire /
Os monarcas do Brasil - da Descoberta até o Império /
Les Monarques du Brésil - de la Découverte jusqu'à l'Empire /
Die brasilianische Kaisern - von der Entdeckung zur Kaiserreich

MUSIC / MUSICA / MUSIQUE / MUSIK:
Abertura de (Opening of) "O GUARANI" by the great Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896)- He was the first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe.

ENGLISH
This video contains all the Brazilian monarchs (Portuguese Kings and Brazilian Emperors) starting at the time of Brazil’s discovery by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500 (when the Colonial period started) through Brazilian independence (and the establishment of the Brazilian Empire – 1822) until the unfortunate proclamation of the republic by the Brazilian military, in 1889, thereby ending the greatest era of Brazilian history.

PORTUGUÊS
Este vídeo contém todos os monarcas brasileiros (reis portugueses e imperadores do Brasil) a partir do momento do descobrimento do Brasil, pelo navegador Português Pedro Alvares Cabral em 1500 (quando o período Colonial começou) seguido na independência com o estabelecimento do Império do Brasil (1822) até a proclamação da república pelos militares brasileiros, em 1889, infelizmente terminando a era mais gloriosa da história brasileira.

FRANÇAIS
Cette vidéo contient tous les monarques du Brésil (des rois portugais et empereurs du Brésil) à partir du moment de la découverte du Brésil par le navigateur portugais Pedro Alvares Cabral en 1500 (quand la période coloniale est commencée), suivi par l'indépendance, avec la création de l'Empire du Brésil (1822), jusqu'à la proclamation de la République par l'armée brésilienne en 1889, ce qui a malheureusement finit la plus glorieuse période de l'histoire brésilienne.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE - DREAMING OF AN IMPERIAL (ROMANTIC) 21st CENTURY

The absurd, unsuitable, and overwhelming weight of a technological, fast paced existence within any major metropolitan Western center during the 21st Century is nearly intolerable for the few remaining romantic souls who long for the simplicity of life during the early days of the industrial age… Gadgets, circuits, connections and speed not only twist but also infect the human condition by insulting its very nature… Indeed, nearly every issue appears exceedingly disagreeable, distasteful and/or distressing; at best the entire landscape of modern urban society emerge as a rather unappealing experience, which unquestionably triggers or exacerbates the overall sense of “malaise”, fear, and great discomfort afflicting millions of unwitting victims everywhere today…
For those who worship the Past, most events and nearly all issues currently endured by most metropolitan citizens would indubitably have been signficantly assuaged in case the noble Houses of Windsor, Romanov, and Habsburg were still in charge of their respective monarchies today, and had never lost their grip on power (naturally I have deliberately excluded the Prussian Hohenzollerns for trouble would always have emerged in some nefarious fashion from Berlin - if any Kaiser is permitted to consolidate power over the entirety of Germany – as opposed to remaining confined to the much smaller Prussian Kingdom – unless of course inevitable serious “issues” were somehow much earlier addressed during a Major European conflict – a “War of three Emperors between 1870 and 1885 - concluding with the complete defeat of the Prussian forces, as opposed to our historical World War I in 1914). In such an “alternate world” the United Kingdom (along with France under Napoleon III) would have financed and supported the Russian & Austro-Hungarian empires (a Russia where the State Duma would have been permitted to function and an Austria where Archduke Rudolf would have been the Emperor) to defeat Prussia, thus preventing Otto von-Bismarck (who would have been executed) from creating a German state and further militarizing Prussia.

If these majestic Houses had not “fallen from grace” (which categorically would have also included a Orleans & Bragança sitting at the Brazilian Throne at the “Imperial Municipality of the Court – as Rio was once named), the current Islamic threat (rooted upon an insolvable Arab-Israeli conflict) along with the current financial chaos, which has brought our civilization to the brink of bankruptcy, would not have arisen. Indeed, because the 20th century would have been entirely distinct from what we learned from the History books (NO great depression – NO rise of National Socialism – NO independent Middle Eastern or North African states – NO Soviet Union –and a much less prominent USA) there would not have been any splitting of the atom in the 1940’s, nor any space travel in the 1950’s, transistors would not have been invented around 1960, while personal computers (let alone the internet) would have remained in the realm of Science Fiction...

Rather, we would, most likely, have been accustomed to pleasant, comfortable two-day long crossings of the Atlantic aboard magnificently furnished floating Airships from “Lufthansa, British Caledonian or Pan American; using elegant Rail Express Services to travel inside our respective continents; utilizing gracious metallic telephones that require Human Operators to make connections; and listening to Radio Broadcasts while sending one another telegrams...

If my dream scenario were to have come to fruition, Planet Earth would have been a much more agreeable place in 2009: much more peaceful, elegant and civilized than what we have in its stead…

An avid Admirer of the Glorious Nineteenth Century Empires

At the onset of the brutal Twentieth Century, although Great Britain remained the richest and most powerful nation on Earth, the seeds of its pending decline had already been sowed. Conflicts throughout its vast possessions stretching from India to South Africa and the Sudan, along with the rise of American and Prussian military-industrial Might, gradually challenged the Empire’s powerful but gentle predominance… Yet, the British aristocracy remained discussing world issues in London, either meeting at Whitehall or attending Garden tea-parties, unable to conceive and/or concede the remote possibility that their Days of Glory were numbered and that their Brilliant Monarchy was quickly declining into the dusty pages of History…

Despite their refusal to acknowledge or recognize London’s inescapable decline, the inevitable downfall of Empire became irrefutable as soon as the deadly guns of the Great War became “loud and clear”, thereby triggering countless strikes and the eventually loss of colonies, wealth and prestige…

Meanwhile, the equally powerful ‘eagles’ of the Prussian Hohenzollern's’, Russian Romanov's’ and Austro-Hungarian Hapsburg's fell (one after another), as their Empires not only experienced a decline but were completely eliminated from the World Arena, along with the less prestigious, but equally charming Brazilian Empire which, in 1889 was replaced by a lame republic while its brilliant Emperor Pedro II of Orleans e Bragança was sent to exile in Paris…

This blog represents a refuge for any and all ‘lost souls’ who remain longing for the glorious days of the Great European Empires (and/or its minor South American equivalent in Brazil) of the Nineteenth Century – the apex of Reason, Science and Western Civilization!