Commander of the Faithful, King of Tarfaia, Duke of Arleuf and Prince of Chal-Huin
A 1904 photograph of Lebaudy
Emperor of the Sahara
self-proclaimed
Reign
June 1903 - c. 1904
Enthronement
1 January 1904 (planned)[1]
Predecessor
Empire established
Successor
Empire dissolved
Governor-General
George Edward Gouraud
Born
Jacques Lebaudy 1868 France
Died
11 January 1919 Westbury, Long Island, New York
Burial
17 January 1919
Cemetery of the Holy Rood
Spouse
Marguerite Augustine Doliere
Issue
Jaqueline Lebaudy
Regnal name
Jacques I
House
Lebaudy
Father
Jules Lebaudy
Mother
Amicie
Religion
Roman Catholic
Jacques Lebaudy (1868 – January 11, 1919) was a Frenchman from an extremely wealthy family of sugar refiners, known for his eccentricity and his attempt to establish a new nation, the Empire of the Sahara. The circumstances of his death in 1919 in Westbury, Long Island resulted in a sensational grand jury proceeding.
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