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The pistol used in Henri Christophe's suicide Pierre Nord Alexis, 17th President of Haiti Michèle Bennett. Despite promoting education and establishing a legal system called the Code Henry, [24] King Henry was an unpopular, autocratic monarch. His realm was constantly challenged by Petion's government of the south, in which gens de couleur ...
King Henri I of the Kingdom of Haiti. The Kingdom of Haiti, [1] or Kingdom of Hayti [2] (French: Royaume d'Haïti; [3] [4] Haitian Creole: Wayòm an Ayiti), was the state established by Henri Christophe on 28 March 1811 when he proclaimed himself King Henri I after having previously ruled as president of the State of Haiti, in the northern part of the country.
The Palace of Sans-Souci, or Sans-Souci Palace (French: Palais Sans Souci [palɛ sɑ̃ susi]), was the principal royal residence of Henry I, King of Haiti, better known as Henri Christophe. It is located in the town of Milot , approximately five kilometres (3 mi) northeast of the Citadelle Laferrière , and thirteen kilometres (8 mi) southwest ...
The Citadelle Laferrière was commissioned by Haitian revolutionary Henri Christophe, for whom it is also named Citadelle Henri Christophe, and built by tens of thousands of former slaves. [2] It was the main fortification of the newly independent First Empire of Haiti's defensive strategy against a potential French incursion. [3]
The palace was built for the first and last king of Haiti, Henri Christophe I. It overlooks the city center and the Artibonite River. Today, the palace ruins are in poor condition and deteriorating. One kilometre east of the palace is the Crête-à-Pierrot fortress, where there was a major battle of the Haitian Revolution in March 1802. [2]
The Kingdom of Haiti promulgates the Royal Constitution of Henri I: 2 June: Christophe is crowned as King Henri I in Cap-Haïtien 1812: 24 February: The Kingdom of Haiti establishes a civil code, the Henri Code: 1814: November: Christophe refuses to negotiate with French delegate Franco de Medina concerning France's recognition of Haitian ...
Nonetheless, Christophe decided to dispose of his rival, and invited Sans-Souci to a meeting, where he was assassinated on Christophe's orders. [13] Later, as king of northern Haiti, Christophe built a luxurious palace called Sans-Souci. Its name may have been chosen, in part, in an attempt "to erase the memory" of his deceased rival. [14]
Marie-Louise's children Jacques-Victor Henry, Françoise-Améthyste and Anne Athénaïre (c. 1811 by unknown artist) In 1811, Marie-Louise was given the title of queen upon the creation of the Kingdom of Haiti. Her new status gave her ceremonial tasks to perform, ladies-in-waiting, a secretary and her own court. She took her position seriously ...