Radama I "the Great" (1793–1828) was the first Malagasy sovereign to be recognized as King of Madagascar (1810–1828) by a European state, Great Britain. He came to power at the age of 17 following the death of his father, King Andrianampoinimerina.
Under Radama's rule and at his invitation, the first Europeans entered his central highland Kingdom of Imerina and its capital at Antananarivo. Radama encouraged these London Missionary Society envoys to establish schools to teach tradecraft and literacy to nobles and potential military and civil service recruits. They also introduced Christianity and taught literacy using the translated Bible.
A wide range of political and social reforms were enacted under Radama's rule, including an end to the international slave trade, although this had historically been a key source of wealth and armaments for the Merina monarchy. Through aggressive military campaigns he successfully united two-thirds of the island under his rule. Abuse of alcohol weakened his health and he died prematurely at age 35. He was succeeded by his highest-ranking wife, Ranavalona I.
RadamaI "the Great" (1793–1828) was the first Malagasy sovereign to be recognized as King of Madagascar (1810–1828) by a European state, Great Britain...
positioning herself as queen following the death of her young husband, RadamaI, Ranavalona pursued a policy of isolationism and self-sufficiency, reducing...
Radama II (September 23, 1829 – May 12, 1863 [contested]) was the son and heir of Queen Ranavalona I and ruled from 1861 to 1863 over the Kingdom of Madagascar...
Imerina in the central highlands, with its capital at Antananarivo. His son RadamaI the Great expanded its authority to the island's other polities and was...
from their interior capital outwards into the island, with their king RadamaI ultimately helping unite the island under their rule. The French fought...
Radama may refer to: RadamaI of Madagascar (c. 1793-1828), the first king of Madagascar Radama II of Madagascar (1829–1863), king of the Merina Kingdom...
wooden palace constructed in 1819 by Creole trader Louis Gros for King RadamaI, was the first multi-story building with verandas in the Rova. The model...
western coast of the island marking a further expansion of power. Under RadamaI, the Merina continued to launch military expeditions that both expanded...
groups under Merina control. These conquests continued under his son, RadamaI, who eventually controlled over two-thirds of the island, leading him to...
Andrianampoinimerina's unification of Imerina in the Central Highlands and his son RadamaI's successful conquest of the majority of Madagascar, bringing the island...
(August 1824 – 1866) was heir to the throne of Madagascar until her father RadamaI died. She was also the mother of the last queen, Ranavalona III. Raketaka...
merchants. The fractured Betsimisaraka kingdom was easily colonised in 1817 by RadamaI, king of Imerina who ruled from its capital at Antananarivo in the Central...
ultimately unify all of Madagascar under Merina rule. His son and heir, RadamaI, continued the conquests Andrianampoinimerina had begun, and over the next...
his son and successor, King RadamaI (1810–28), who was recognized by the British government as King of Madagascar. Radama concluded a treaty in 1817 with...
1927. In the RadamaI era there was a gunpowder factory on the island. Later there was built a summer residence for the Queen Ranavalona I. By the lakeside...
reorganized by RadamaI. A large portion of the Betsileo people were made into slaves and traded domestically or sold to European slave traders. RadamaI made Fianarantsoa...
founded by Abderremane, Sultan of Mohéli, who was a brother-in-law of King RadamaI. The military resistance and eventual defeat of most of the coastal communities...
As a young woman she, like her cousin Rasoherina, was married to King Radama II and was widowed upon his assassination in the nobles' coup of 1863. The...
to 1868, succeeding her husband Radama II following his presumed assassination. Rasoherina, niece of Queen Ranavalona I, was born Princess Rabodozanakandriana...
from Lake Itasy and specially consecrated water. Ranavalona I and her successors RadamaI and Rasoherina used the larger royal pool for ritual purification...
groups to pay tribute to them in the eighteenth century. The Merina king RadamaI bought guns in late 18th century, launched a war with the Sakalava, which...
François Valentijn (1726). Though handsome and imposing he was a paralytic. RadamaI would conduct three ravaging campaigns in the kingdom of Menabe in 1820...
the son of minister Andriamambavola and was reputedly the nephew of King RadamaI, although the latter belief was challenged by the historian Pier Larson...
were generally those who held a fief, often land or office, under vassalage, i.e., in exchange for allegiance and various, mainly military, services to a...
tomb of King Radama II is located here, and his body was interred in this tomb in 1863 but was later transferred to the tomb of RadamaI on the compound...
of King RadamaI. The number of converts remained low but gradually grew under repression during the reign of his successor, Queen Ranavalona I, and the...
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