Haiti Empire (1849-1859)

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Empire d'Haïti (French) Anpi an Ayiti (Haitian)
Empire of Haiti
1849-1859
flag coat of arms
Official language	French , Haitian
Head of state , also head of government	Emperor Faustin I (1849-1859)
founding	August 26, 1849
resolution	January 15, 1859
Time zone	−5
Haiti Empire in the western part of Hispaniola island

Empire of Haiti ( French Empire d'Haïti , Creole Anpi an Ayiti ) was the name of the Haitian state during its constitution as a monarchical state from 1849 to 1859.

history

On August 26, 1849, President Faustin Soulouque proclaimed the Haitian Empire as Faustin I. The constitution of the empire was published on September 17, 1849.

National territory

The area of ​​today's Republic of Haiti belonged to the Empire, and from 1858 - the uninhabited island of Navassa .

See also

• First Empire of Haiti

literature

• Louis-Joseph Janvier : Les Constitutions d'Haïti (1801-1885). C. Marpon and E. Flammarion, Paris 1886, pp. 229-270: Constitution de l'Empire. Révision de la Constitution de 1846. (PDF on gallica.bnf.fr ; 26.3 MB)
• Walther L. Bernecker : A short history of Haiti. Edition Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-518-11994-X .
• Carl Hermann Middelanis: Imperial counterworlds. Haiti in the French text and visual media (1848–1870). Vervuert, Frankfurt a. M. 1996, ISBN 3-89354-070-9 .
• Haiti (story). In: retrobibliothek.de: Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4th edition, Leipzig / Vienna 1885-1892 .
• Faustin Soulouque. In: retrobibliothek.de: Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4th edition, Leipzig / Vienna 1885-1892 .

Coordinates: 19 °  N , 72 °  W

Web links

• "La couronne de Faustin 1er vandalisée" In: Le Nouvelliste of January 31, 2007. Retrieved on June 5, 2014 (French).