Rainilaiarivony
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Rainilaiarivony was a Malagasy politician who served as the chief of state and co-king of Madagascar from 1864 to 1895, succeeding his older brother Rainivoninahitriniony, who had held the post for th
Official portrait, c. 1880
Wearing a traditional striped lamba over his military uniform, Rainilaiarivony sits to inspect his troops at the Rova compound (around 1865).
Rainilaiarivony ordered the 1873 construction of Andafiavaratra Palace near the Queen's palace in Antananarivo.
Cover of L'Illustration magazine depicting Rainilaiarivony arriving at the port of Algiers (1896)
Rasoherina
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Rasoherina was Queen of Madagascar from 1863 to 1868, succeeding her husband Radama II following his presumed assassination.
Rainilaiarivony
…from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, in which power was shared between the sovereign and the prime minister. Rainilaiarivony and Queen Rasoherina worked together to depose Rainivoninahitriniony for his abuses of office in 1864. Taking his brother's place as prime minister, Rainilaiarivony remained…
Queen Rasoherina in about 1865
Portrait of Queen Rasoherina
Rainifiringa Ralaimaholy and Rasatranabo aka Rainandrianandraina: Malagasy Ambassadors to Europe, 1863
The body of Queen Rasoherina was interred in her tomb at the Rova of Antananarivo.