Henri Christophe
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Henri Christophe was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti.
Portrait by Richard Evans, c. 1816
Equestrian statue of Henri Christophe in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince
Haitian gourde coin with portrait of Henry I in the style of a Roman solidus, minted c. 1820.
In this portrait painted by Johann Gottfried Eiffe, a German artist in the Royal Court, Henry wears the grand cross of the Royal and Military Order of St. Henry (Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Henry)
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. Initially regarded as governor-general
Henri Christophe
…in the ranks of the Haitian revolutionary military. The revolution succeeded in gaining independence from France in 1804. In 1805 he took part under Jean-Jacques Dessalines in the capture of Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic), against French forces who acquired the colony from Spain in the Treaty of Basel. After…
Portrait by Louis Rigaud, 1878
A posthumous depiction of Dessalines in The Oath of the Ancestors (1822)
Dessalines' coronation
Dessalines holding a white woman's head