Name
Pedro V was at least the sixth king Pedro to rule Kongo, but from the very beginning of his reign, he signed his correspondence as Pedro V, thus ignoring the Pedro V who had ruled from 1763-64 before being expelled by Alvaro XI. Scholars are unsure as to why he persisted in this error, other kings, such as Alvaro XIII were better conscious of the names of earlier kings named Alvaro over a longer period of time, and the kinglist was well know, a copy of one had been in capital São Salvador since at least 1844. One theory is that he took the name Pedro V in honor of the then-ruling Portuguese king, who was Pedro V.
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