United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves
Anthem: Hymno Patriótico
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves with its colonies
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves with its colonies
CapitalRio de Janeiro
Lisbon
Common languagesPortuguese
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentReal union (before 1820)
Federal monarchy (after 1820)
Monarch 
• 1815–1816
Maria I
• 1816–1825
John VI
Regent 
• 1815–1816
Prince John
• 1821–1825
Prince Pedro (Regent of the Kingdom of Brazil only)
LegislatureCortes Gerais (1820–1823)
History 
16 December
24 August 1820
7 September 1822
23 September 1822
29 August 1825
Population
• 1820
4,000,000 (Brazil), 3,000,000 (Portugal)
CurrencyReal
ISO 3166 codePT
Preceded by
Succeeded by
History of Portugal (1777–1834)
State of Brazil
Kingdom of Portugal (1777–1834)
Empire of Brazil
Holy Roman Empire
Sacrum Imperium Romanum (Latin)
Heiliges Römisches Reich (German)
Αγία Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία (Greek)
Motto: Alles Erdreich Ist Österreich Untertan (German)[1]
("All the world is subject to Austria")
Anthem: Heil dir im Siegerkranz[2]
("Hail to Thee in the Victor's Crown")

Die Wacht am Rhein (unofficial)[3][4][5]
("The Watch on the Rhine")
Capital
and largest city
Berlin
52°31′7″N 13°22′34″E / 52.51861°N 13.37611°E / 52.51861; 13.37611
Official languagesGerman
Common languages
Religion
1880 census
Majority:
62.63% United Protestant
(Lutheran, Reformed)
Minorities:
35.89% Roman Catholic
1.24% Jewish
0.17% other Christian
0.07% other
Demonym(s)German
GovernmentFederal parliamentary absolute monarchy
Emperor 
• 1871–1888
Wilhelm I
• 1888
Friedrich III
• 1888–1918
Wilhelm II
Chancellor 
• 1871–1890
Otto von Bismarck
• 1890–1894
Leo von Caprivi
• 1894–1900
C. zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
• 1900–1909
Bernhard von Bülow
• 1909–1917
T. von Bethmann Hollweg
• 1917
Georg Michaelis
• 1917–1918
Georg von Hertling
• 1918
Max von Baden
LegislatureBicameral
• Upper house
Bundesrat
• Lower house
Reichstag
Historical eraNew Imperialism • World War I
18 January 1871
16 April 1871
15 November 1884
• WWI began
28 July 1914
3 November 1918
9 November 1918
• Armistice
11 November 1918
11 August 1919
Area
• Total
1,750,000 km2 (680,000 sq mi)
1910[7]540,857.54 km2 (208,826.26 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate
70,000,000
• 1871[8]
41,058,792
• 1900[8]
56,367,178
• 1910[8]
64,925,993
CurrencyGerman gold mark
(1873–1914)
German Papiermark
(1914–1918)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
North German Confederation
Bavaria
Württemberg
Baden
Hesse
Weimar Republic
Memel Territory
Territory of the Saar Basin
Danzig
Area and population not including colonial possessions


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  1. ^ Preble, George Henry, History of the Flag of the United States of America: With a Chronicle of the Symbols, Standards, Banners, and Flags of Ancient and Modern Nations, 2nd ed, p. 102; A. Williams and co, 1880
  2. ^ Fischer, Michael; Senkel, Christian (2010). Klaus Tanner (ed.). Reichsgründung 1871: Ereignis, Beschreibung, Inszenierung. Münster: Bachmann Verlag.
  3. ^ Hansen, Hans Jürgen (1978). Heil Dir im Siegerkranz: die Hymnen der Deutschen. Oldenburg, Hamburg: Stalling. ISBN 3-7979-1950-6.
  4. ^ von ADELHEID, K. L. A. I. B. E. R. ""Max Schneckenburger (1819–1849)–der Dichter der "Wacht am Rhein "". SCHRIFTEN DER BAAR. p. 165. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ^ Ochsmann, Almut. "100 Jahre deutsche Nationalhymne: Überlegungen zu Eine vaterländische Ouvertüre op. 140." Mitteilungen der Internationalen Max-Reger-Gesellschaft 3.42 (2022): 18–23.
  6. ^ Statement of Abdication of Wilhelm II
  7. ^ "German Empire: administrative subdivision and municipalities, 1900 to 1910" (in German). Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
  8. ^ a b c "Population statistics of the German Empire, 1871" (in German). Archived from the original on 5 April 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2007.