Jacques-Victor Henri
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Jacques-Victor Henri Christophe (born March 3, 1804 , † October 18, 1820 in Milot , Haiti ) was the youngest son of Henri Christophe and his wife Marie-Louise. From 1811 to 1820 he was Crown Prince of Northern Haiti .
Life
Jacques-Victor Henri was the youngest son of Henri Christophe, an officer in the Haitian Revolution . His older brother had already died in 1805, so that in 1811, after the separation of North Haiti and its conversion into a hereditary monarchy, he became Crown Prince . He was brought up temporarily by the English teacher William Wilson.
In July 1820 riots broke out, the situation for the king, who had suffered a stroke in August, became so hopeless that he shot himself with a silver bullet on October 8, 1820. Insurgents occupy the residence of the Sans Souci royal family and initially imprison the crown prince. He was murdered by the insurgents on October 18, and his body was never found. His mother and two sisters were allowed to leave Haiti unmolested. Jacques-Victor Henri was nominally king for 10 days, but there is no contemporary evidence that he was ever proclaimed monarch as the government of Northern Haiti practically collapsed after his father's death. North Haiti was reunited with Haiti on November 26, 1820.
literature
- Biography universelle ancienne et moderne (Michaud), tome 8, Paris 1854 (French)
- Earl Leslie Griggs, Clifford H. Prater (Eds.): Henry Christophe & Thomas Clarkson. A correspondence. Univ. California Press, 1952, pp. 76, 87-90, 218
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| SURNAME | Jacques-Victor Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Christophe, Jacques-Victor Henri; Jacques-Victor Henri, prince royal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Crown Prince of North Haiti (1811-1820) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1804 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1820 |
| Place of death | Milot |