The arms of the new King consisted of
an armillary sphere of gold, in field azure, and in a scutcheon
containing the quinas of Portugal and the seven castles of Algarves. The
sphere was surmounted by the royal crown.
On November 5, 1817, a vessel brought out the Archduchess Leopoldina,
daughter of the Emperor Francis I. of Austria, who had been married by
proxy to Dom Pedro, the son of Joao VI.
On February 6, 1818, Joao VI. was formally crowned at Rio, a ceremony
which was emphasized--
"by bursts of music, peals of bells, explosions of artillery,
deafening shouts, of discharges of fireworks, and such a universal
display of extravagant joy that, as my worthy author, Goncalves dos
Santos says: 'It would require the pencil of Zeuxis and the odes of
Pindar to describe; and if anything on earth could be compared to
the joys of heaven, it was that moment.'"
The following year Princess Dona Maria da Gloria was born, a
circumstance which rejoiced the loyal colonists not a little.
Nevertheless, in the remoter regions of the enormous colony of Brazil,
where the influence of these joyous events had been less felt, all was
not so tranquil.
In Pernambuco and Bahia local jealousies had fermented; the revolutions
had been put down with a firm hand, and the leaders of the movements
executed.
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