Ranavalona II information

Ranavalona II (1829 – 13 July 1883) was Queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883, succeeding Queen Rasoherina, her first cousin.[citation needed] She is...

several Andriana qualified to succeed Queen Ranavalona II upon her death. Like both preceding queens, Ranavalona entered a political marriage with a member...

Ranavalona I (born Rabodoandrianampoinimerina (also called Ramavo); 1778 – 16 August 1861), also known as Ranavalo-Manjaka I and the "Mad Monarch of Madagascar"...

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...

London Missionary Society, was made the state religion under Queen Ranavalona II and her powerful prime minister Rainilaiarivony. Political wrangling...

persecution of Christians. Ranavalona II (ruled 1868–1883) notable for adopting Christianity as state religion Ranavalona III (ruled 1883–1897) the last...

1868, succeeding her husband Radama II following his presumed assassination. Rasoherina, niece of Queen Ranavalona I, was born Princess Rabodozanakandriana...

Frenchman Jean Laborde. In 1867 the palace was encased in stone for Queen Ranavalona II by Scotsman James Cameron, an artisan missionary of the London Missionary...

31 years by marrying three queens in succession: Rasoherina, Ranavalona II and Ranavalona III. As prime minister, Rainilaiarivony actively sought to modernize...

of the Royal House, and the death of the last ruling Sovereign, Queen Ranavalona III's heir apparent, Princess Marie-Louise of Madagascar, remained. She...

royal tombs, house of King Andrianampoinimerina, summer palace of Queen Ranavalona II, and sites that figured in key royal rituals such as the sacrificial...

as Madagascar became a French colony. Successive sovereigns Ranavalona II and Ranavalona III and their Prime Minister, Rainilaiarivony, rejected the claim...

people were ruled by Queen Ranavalona I ruled from 1828 to 1861, Queen Rasoherina from 1863 to 1868, and Queen Ranavalona II ruled from 1868 to 1885. The...

2015, retrieved April 3, 2011 Skeie, Karina Hestad (2011-12-08), "Ranavalona, II", African American Studies Center, Oxford University Press, doi:10...

three decades and married each successive queen. The next sovereign, Ranavalona II, converted the nation to Christianity and had all the sampy (ancestral...

Constitution Article 4 have used other mottos. Coat of arms of Queen Ranavalona II Coat of arms of the Merina Kingdom in 1896 Badge of French protectorate...

prematurely at age 35. He was succeeded by his highest-ranking wife, Ranavalona I. Radama was the son of Rambolamasoandro and King Andrianampoinimerina...

queen Rangita. Ranavalona I (reigned 1828–1861) – Wife of Radama I. Rasoherina (reigned 1863–1868) – Wife of Radama II. Ranavalona II (reigned 1868–1883)...

territories) Arima Harunobu Ōmura Sumitada Hone Heke Keopuolani Ka'ahumanu Kamehameha III Tāmati Wāka Nene Ranavalona II of Madagascar Pomare II Duleep Singh...

be worshiped until their supposed destruction in a bonfire by Queen Ranavalona II upon her public conversion to Christianity in 1869. Ralambo is believed...

governed Madagascar alongside three successive queens, Rasoherina, Ranavalona II and Ranavalona III, effecting policies that further transformed the city. In...

brick construction in the Highlands began during the reign of Queen Ranavalona II (1868–1883) based on models introduced by missionaries of the London...

Minister Rainilaiarivony, who would go on to marry Queen Ranavalona II and Queen Ranavalona III in succession. Over the course of Rainilaiarivony's 31-year...

conversions of the masses following the conversion to Christianity of Ranavalona II in 1869 to the precedent established by Andrianampoinimerina of a state...

Toamasina, and arrested the English missionary Shaw. Meanwhile, Queen Ranavalona II died, as did Admiral Pierre, who succumbed to the fatigue of the campaign...

Andriantsimitoviaminandriandrazaka Andriambelomasina Andrianjafy Andrianampoinimerina Radama I Ranavalona I Radama II Rasoherina Ranavalona II Ranavalona III...

her father Radama I died. She was also the mother of the last queen, Ranavalona III. Raketaka was born in Antananarivo in August 1824. She was the youngest...

during the reign of his successor, Queen Ranavalona I, and the more permissive religious policies of her son, Radama II, and his widow, Queen Rasoherina. The...