Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar, approximately 1790-1861
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Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar, ca. 1790-1861
Rabodonandrianampoinimerina, approximately 1790-1861
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found: La geste éphémère de Ranavalona Ière, c1997.
found: Covell, M. Hist. dict. of Madagascar, 1995(Ranavalona I, c. 1790-1861)
found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Ranavalona I; Ramavo; born Rabodonandrianampoinimerina; queen; born c.1790 in Madagascar; conspired to take the throne by force (1828); expanded Imerina's military state and bureaucracy; employed the Latin alphabet to write the Malagasy language and bureaucracy of Imerina posted trained secretaries in all its major administrative centers; British missionaries from the London Missionary Society began baptizing converts shortly after she became queen and conversions multiplied quickly; she prohibited missionaries from teaching and preaching their religion and many were forced to leave (1835-1836); cut off trading ties with merchants from Mascarenes (1845); died Audust 1861 in Antananarivo, Madagascar)
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1997-10-17: new
2015-05-29: revised
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