Ranavalona I, also known as Ranavalo-Manjaka I and the "Mad Monarch of Madagascar" was sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861. Wikipedia
Born: 1778, Merina Kingdom
Died: August 16, 1861 (age 83 years), Queen's Palace, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Children: Radama II
Spouse: Rainiharo (m. 1833), Radama I, and Rainijohary
Buried: 1893, Rovan' Ambohimanga, Madagascar
Coronation: 12 August 1829
Father: Prince Andriantsalamanjaka (also called Andrianavalontsalama)
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