| LC control no. | n 97105082 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar, approximately 1790-1861 |
| Variant(s) | Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar, ca. 1790-1861 Rabodonandrianampoinimerina, approximately 1790-1861 |
| Associated country | Madagascar |
| Birth date | 1790~ |
| Death date | 1861-08 |
| Place of birth | Madagascar |
| Place of death | Antananarivo (Antananarivo, Madagascar) |
| Profession or occupation | Queens |
| Found in | La geste éphémère de Ranavalona Ière, c1997. Covell, M. Hist. dict. of Madagascar, 1995 (Ranavalona I, c. 1790-1861) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ranavalona I; Ramavo; born Rabodonandrianampoinimerina; queen; born c.1790 in Madagascar; conspired to take the throne by force (1828); expanded Imerina's military state and bureaucracy; employed the Latin alphabet to write the Malagasy language and bureaucracy of Imerina posted trained secretaries in all its major administrative centers; British missionaries from the London Missionary Society began baptizing converts shortly after she became queen and conversions multiplied quickly; she prohibited missionaries from teaching and preaching their religion and many were forced to leave (1835-1836); cut off trading ties with merchants from Mascarenes (1845); died Audust 1861 in Antananarivo, Madagascar) |
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