| Common Name: | State of Brazil |
| Native Name: | Estado do Brasil |
| Conventional Long Name: | State of Brazil |
| Status: | State of the Portuguese Empire |
| Year Start: | 1549 |
| Year End: | 1815 |
| Life Span: | 1549–1815 |
| P1: | Governorate General of Brazil |
| Flag P1: | Flag Portugal (1578).svg |
| P2: | State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro |
| Flag P2: | Flag of Portugal (1750).svg |
| P3: | State of Maranhão and Piauí |
| Flag P3: | Flag of Portugal (1750).svg |
| P4: | Dutch Brazil1654: Dutch Brazil |
| Flag P4: | Flag of New Holland.svg |
| S1: | Dutch Brazil1630: Dutch Brazil |
| Flag S1: | Flag of New Holland.svg |
| S2: | United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves1815: United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves |
| Flag S2: | Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves (1815-1825).svg |
| S3: | Kingdom of Brazil |
| Government Type: | Absolute monarchy |
| Image Map Caption: | The State of Brazil in 1815 |
| Capital: | Salvador (1645–1763) Rio de Janeiro (1763–1815) |
| Common Languages: | Portuguese |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism |
| Currency: | Portuguese Real |
| Title Leader: | Monarch |
| Leader1: | John III (first) |
| Leader2: | Maria I (last) |
| Year Leader1: | 1521–1557 |
| Year Leader2: | 1777–1816 |
| Title Representative: | Governor General/Viceroy |
| Representative1: | Tomé de Sousa (first) |
| Representative2: | Count of Arcos (last) |
| Year Representative1: | 1549–1553 |
| Year Representative2: | 1806–1808 |
| Event Start: | End of hereditary captaincies |
| Event1: | Transference of the capital to Rio de Janeiro |
| Date Event1: | 1763 |
| Event2: | Inconfidência Mineira |
| Date Event2: | 1792 |
| Event3: | Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil |
| Date Event3: | 22 January 1808 |
| Event End: | Elevation of Brazil to Kingdom |
| Date End: | 16 December |
The State of Brazil (pt|Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil.
In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was split into two states, the State of Brazil and the State of Maranhão. The state was created on June 13, 1621 by Philip II of Portugal.[1]
This action divided Portuguese America into two administrative units, with the capital of the State of Brazil located in São Salvador and the capital of the State of Maranhão located in São Luís.
The State of Brazil became a Viceroyalty in January 1763, when the capital of the State of Brazil was transferred from São Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.
The State of Brazil originally included 12 of the original 15 captaincies, all except Ceará (which became subordinate to Pernambuco later) and Maranhão, two parts, which included the subcaptaincy of Para west of the Tordesillas Line at that time (north to south):