HAITI

CHRISTOPHE

GENEALOGY

Christophe, a freeman on the island of Grenada, BWI. He had issue, at least one son and a daughter:

1) Henry I Christophe, King of Hayti - see below. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
1) Marie Jean, née Christophe. Taken to Hayti by her brother sometime after he had settled there. m. there, Jean. She had issue, at least one son:
- a) Admiral H.R.H. Monseigneur le Prince Jean, Duke du Port-Margat (cre. 1816). b. 17^th October 1780. Granted the title of Prince with the style of His Royal Highness, 8^th April 1811. Grand Admiral of Hayti, Grand Panetier, Counsellor of State. Rcvd: GC with Collar of the Order of St Henry (1.5.1811). m. (first) 3^rd July 1808, H.R.H. Dame Sarah [Madame la Princesse Jean] (d. 2^nd October 1812), née Lassen, sometime Dame d'Honneur to Queen Marie-Louise. m. (second) 9^th January 1814, H.R.H. Dame Marie-Augustine Eléonore [Madame la Princesse Jean] (b. 15^th May 1780), Dame d'Honneur to Queen Marie-Louise, widow of Lieutenant-General His Grace Monseigneur André (Vernet), Prince des Gonaïves, Grand Marshal of Haiti, and sometime Minister for Finance and the Interior, and daughter of Captain Bernard Chancy, by his wife, Geneviève, née Affiba, and niece of General H.E. François-Dominique-Toussaint L'Ouverture, Captain-General and Governor-General of Santo Domingo 1801-1803. He d. 1817, having had issue, a son:
  - i) Outre Almanjor. Copyright© Christopher Buyers

1806 - 1820 Henry I, by the grace of God and the Constitutional Law of the state, King of Hayti, Sovereign of Tortuga, Gonaïves and other adjacent Islands, Destroyer of Tyranny, Regenerator and Benefactor of the Haitian Nation, Creator of her Moral, Political and Martial Institutions, First Crowned Monarch of the New World, Defender of the Faith, Founder of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Henry. b. on Grenada, 6^th October 1767. Joined the Chasseurs-voluntaires de Saint Dominique and served under Count d'Estaing at the siege of Savannah in the American War of Independence 1779, took part in the heroic insurrection against the French at Santo Domingo 1791, Capt. of Infantry 1793, prom. Maj. 1794, district cdt. La Petite-Anse 1795-1796, prom. Col. 1796, cdt. La Cap and Fort-Liberté 1796-1799, prom. Brig-Gen. and Quarter-Master General 1799, cdt. Le Cap 1799-1802, Mbr. Colonial Council 1802, Lt-Gen. 1803, General-in-Chief of the Haitian Army, 28^th July 1805. Succeeded as provisional Head of State after the death of Emperor Jean-Jacques I, 17^th October 1806. Installed as Lord President and Generalissimo of the Land and Sea Forces of the State of Hayti with the style of His Serene Highness 17^th February 1807. Proclaimed as King of Hayti and assumed the style of His Majesty, 26^th March 1811. Crowned by His Grace Monseigneur Corneille Brelle, Duke de l'Anse, Grand Almoner to the King and Archbishop of Haiti, at the Church of Champ-de-Mars, Le Cap-Henry, 2^nd June 1811. Chief Sovereign, Grand Master and Founder of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Henry, 20^th April 1811. Captain of the Corps of the Military Household, the Royal Artillery, Gardes du Corps, Chevau-Légers du Roi, Chevau-Légers de la Reine, and the Chevau-Légers du Prince Royal. Protector of the Royal Chamber of Public Instruction. m. at Cap Français, 15^th July 1793, H.M. Queen Marie-Louise (b. at Bredou, Ouanaminthe, 8^th May 1778; d. at Pisa, Italy, 14^th March 1851, bur. there at the Convent of the Capuchins), raised to the title of Queen of Haiti with the style of Her Majesty 26^th March 1811, Crowned with her husband at the Church of Champ-de-Mars, Cap-Henry on 2^nd June 1811, daughter of M. Melgrin, proprietor of the Hotel de la Couronne, Cap Français, by his wife, Célestina Coidavid. He d. (committed suicide) at the Palace of Sans-Souci, Milot, 8^th October 1820, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:

1) François-Ferdinand Henry. b. at Le Cap, 1794, educ. Paris. Taken as a hostage to Paris by the French, who promised his father that they would give him a liberal education but placed him in an orphan asylum instead. He d. at the Orphans Hospital, Paris, 7^th October 1805.
2) A son b. and d. before 1805. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
3) H.R.H. Prince Jacques-Victor Henry, Prince Royal of Hayti [Monseigneur Le Prince Royal]. b. 3^rd March 1804, educ. privately. Raised to the title of Prince Royal with the style of His Royal Highness, 26^th March 1811. Generalissimo of the Army, Lieutenant of the Royal Artillery and the Chevau-Légers du Prince Royal. Rcvd: GC with Collar of the Order of St Henry (20.4.1811). He was k. (bayoneted to death) by the revolutionaries on the ramparts of the Palace of Sans-Souci, Milot, 18^th October 1820.
1) H.R.H. Princess Françoise-Améthyste Henry [Madame Première]. b. at Cap-Henry, 9^th May 1798, educ. privately. Raised to the title of Princess with the style of Her Serene Highness, 26^th March 1811. Promoted to Her Royal Highness 2^nd June 1811.Taken to England by her mother in 1821 and settled in Italy in 1824. She d. unm. at Stresa, Italy, 1831 (bur. at the Convent of the Capuchins, Pisa).
2) H.R.H. Princess Anne-Athénaïre Henry [Madame]. b. 7^th July 1800, educ. privately. Raised to the title of Princess with the style of Her Serene Highness, 26^th March 1811. Promoted to Her Royal Highness 2^nd June 1811. Taken to England by her mother in 1821 and settled in Italy in 1824. She d. unm. at Pisa, Italy, 1839 (bur. there at the Convent of the Capuchins).

King Henry also had several natural children, all born to different mothers, before his marriage to Queen Marie-Louise:

4) H.S.H. Monseigneur Prince Armande-Eugène (Henry), Duke du Môle (cre. 8^th April 1811). b. before 1793, educ. privately. Grand Marshal of Hayti, Grand Master of Artillery, Colonel-General Chasseurs de la Garde, Counsellor of State (1816). Rcvd: GC with Collar of the Order of St Henry (9.1.1814). m. H.S.H. Madame la Duchess du Môle, Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen. He was k. by the revolutionaries at the Palace of Sans-Souci, Milot, 10^th October 1820, having had issue, an only son.
5) Maréchal de Camp Monsieur Thomas (Belliard), Baron de Belliard (cre. 8^th April 1811). Rcvd: Knt. Order of St Henry (28.10.1815). m. …, née Bottex. He d. at Ouanaminthe, 12^th January 1856.
3) Blésine Georges. m. at the Pierrot Mansion, Cap-Henry, ca. 1819, Nord Alexis (b. before 1775; d. Port-de-Paix, 15^th February 1840), rcvd: Knt. of the Order of St Henry. She had issue, a son:
- a) Lieutenant-General H.E. Pierre Nord-Alexis. b. at Cap-Haïtien, 1820, Provincial Governor under Emperor Faustin I, Minister for War 1867-1869, Mbr. Provisional Govt. of the North 1869-1870 and 1889, Presdt. of Haiti. 1902-1908. m. at Cap-Haïtien, 1845, Marie Louise Amélia Célestine (d. at Port-au-Prince, 11^th October 1908), elder daughter of Lieutenant-General H.S.H. Monseigneur Jean Louis, Prince Pierrot, sometime Grand Marshal of the Empire under Emperor Faustin, later Presdt. of Haiti, by his first wife, Cécile, daughter of M. Fatiman, by Célestina Coidavid, mother of Queen Marie-Louise. He d. at Kingston, Jamaica, 1^st May 1910.

Princes of the Blood:

H.S.H. Monseigneur Prince de Saint-Marc. Grand Marshal of Hayti. He d. at Cap Henry, shortly before 8^th of September 1815 (bur. Sans-Souci, Milot).
H.R.H. Monseigneur Prince Noël (Coidavid), Duke du Port-de-Paix (cre. 1816). b. 10^th September 1784, son of Célestina Coidavid, mother of Queen Marie-Louise. Granted the title of Prince with the style of His Royal Highness, 8^th April 1811. Grand Echanson and Governor to the Prince Royal, Grand Marshal of Hayti, Counsellor of State, Col-Gen. gardes Haytiennes. Rcvd: GC with Collar of the Order of St Henry (1.5.1811). m. 14^th September 1809, H.R.H. Madame Célestine-Joseph, Princess Noel (b. 4^th July 1785), Dame d'Atour to Queen Marie-Louise.

Other Princes:

H.S.H. Monseigneur Paul (Romain), Prince du Limbé (cre. 8^th April 1811), Grand Marshal of Hayti, Counsellor of State, Governor of the Palace of Limbé, Lieut. chevau-légers de la Reine, Minister for War and Marine. Rcvd: GC of the Order of St Henry (1.5.1811). m. H.S.H. the Princess du Limbé, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Marie-Louise.
Lieutenant-General H.S.H. Monseigneur Prince Noël (Joachim), Duke de Fort-Royal (cre. 8^th April 1811), Marquis de l'Avalasse (cre. 1816), Counsellor of State, Grand Marshal of Hayti, Grand Marshal of the Palace, Grand Officer (Civil) of the Court, Cdr. 1^st (Northern) Dvsn. Rcvd: GC of the Order of St Henry (1.5.1811). He was k. by the revolutionaries, 9^th October 1820.
Lieutenant-General H.S.H. Monseigneur Prince Jean-Philippe (Daux), Duke de l'Artibonite (cre. 8^th April 1811), Grand Marshal of Hayti, Counsellor of State, Inspector-General of Troops, Cdt. of the Western Province, Governor of the Palace of Saint-Marc, Major Cdt. gardes du corps. Rcvd: GC of the Order of St Henry (1.5.1811). m. H.S.H. the Princess Philippe, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Marie-Louisen. He was k. by the revolutionaries, 18^th October 1820.

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