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Henri Christophe
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President and King of Haiti (1767-1820)
Key facts
- Reign
- 28 March 1811 – 8 October 1820
- Coronation
- 2 June 1811
- Predecessor
- Himself (as President of the State of Haiti)
- Successor
- Henry II (unproclaimed, murdered) Jean-Pierre Boyer (as President of Haiti)
- In office
- 17 February 1807 – 28 March 1811
- Born
- ( 1767-10-06 ) 6 October 1767, British Grenada
- Died
- 8 October 1820 (1820-10-08) (aged 53), Cap-Henri , Kingdom of Haiti
- Burial
- Citadelle Laferriere , Haiti
- Consort
- Marie-Louise Coidavid
- Issue
- François-Ferdinand Christophe Françoise-Améthyste , Princess Royal Princess Anne-Athénaïre Jacques-Victor Henry , Prince Royal Baron Thomas de Belliard (illegitimate)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Haiti
- Place of birth
- Grenada
- Place of death
- Haiti
- Spouse
- Marie-Louise Coidavid
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of Haiti
- Languages spoken
- Haitian Creole
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Noble title
- emperor
- Military rank
- generalissimo
- Image
- Henri Christophe.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1767-10-06
- date of death
- 1820-10-08
- manner of death
- Suicide
- Commons category
- Henri Christophe
- place of burial
- Citadelle Laferrière
- social classification
- slave
- name in native language
- Anri Kristòf
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- Commons Creator page
- Henri Christophe
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Encyclopedic overview
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Equestrian statue of Henri Christophe in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince
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