Pedee
GREAT, or YADKIN, flowing a general N. E. course to Stokes county, turns to the S. E., E., and following this direction rather tortuously, receiving several small tributaries on its way, it enters South Carolina, and takes the name of Great Pedee. Thence S. S. E. through this State, it enters the Atlantic Ocean by Winyaw Bay in Georgetown district. LITTLE PEDEE rises in Richmond co., N. C., and flowing S. by E. into South Carolina, enters the main stream from Horry county.
PEDRO I., DOM ANTONIO JOSÉ D'ALCANTARA, Emperor of Brazil, eldest of John VI., of Portugal, elder brother of Don Miguel, and nephew to Ferdinand VII., King of Spain; born elder brother of Don Miguel, and nephew in 1798, and was taken, in 1808, with the rest of the royal family, to Brazil. In 1822, the Brazilians having proclaimed their independence, chose Pedro for their emperor. The death of John VI., in 1826, left Dom Pedro the crown of Portugal: he soon afterward established a liberal government in that country, and granted it a charter. After abdicating the crown of Portugal in favor of his daughter, Donna Maria, he nominated his brother, Don Miguel, regent; but scarcely had he quitted Portugal, than Don Miguel took possession of the throne.
He died in 1834.
PEDRO II., Emperor of Brazil; born in Rio Janeiro, in 1825; succeeded to the throne on the abdication of his father, Dom Pedro I., in 1831; and married the Princess Theresa Christina Maria (died 1890), sister of Francis I., King of Naples, in 1843. Brazil prospered greatly under the rule of Pedro II., who did much to develop its resources in every direction. In 1871 he issued an imperial decree for the gradual abolition of slavery, which totally ceased in Brazil in May, 1888. He made several visits to Europe; assisted President Grant in opening the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876; and was deposed by the revolution of November, 1889.
He died in 1891.
PEDRO V., King of Portugal; born in 1837, was the son of Donna Maria IL and Fernando of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, king-consort. He ascended the throne in 1855, and died in 1861.