Empire of Brazil, 1822-1889

Império do Brasil

Last modified: 2004-01-24 by joe mcmillan
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by Simon J. Frame, modified by Joseph McMillan
Basic design adopted 1 December 1822

• Empire of Brazil
• Imperial Standard
• Imperial Coat of Arms
• Military Colors and Standards of the Imperial Period
• Provincial Flags of the Imperial Period

See also :

• Index of Brazil Pages
• Kingdom of Brazil
• Colonial Brazilian Flags
• Historical Flags of the Republican Period

Flag of the Empire of Brazil

The flag of 1822 was green with a yellow lozenge (like today), but with the arms in the center.
Mark Sensen, 5 December 1995

The flag for the Brazilian Empire (1822-1889) was a green field, with a large yellow rhombus that stretches itself to the edges of the flag (unlike the current Brazilian flag). Inside the rhombus lies the Brazilian Empire´s coat of arms. This coat of arms is similarly shaped to the Portuguese one (we may remember that the Brazilian Empire was ruled by the Portuguese royal dynasty that fled from Portugal during the Napoleonic invasions, but its badge is green. It shows a blue circular band, with 20 stars. Inside this blue circular band, we see the earth´s globe and, over it, a Cross of the Ord