Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, 1767-1820
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Name (Latin)
Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, 1767-1820
Other forms of name
Cristóbal, King of Haiti, 1767-1820
Enrique Cristóbal, King of Haiti, 1767-1820
Heinrich Christoph, King of Haiti, 1767-1820
Henry Christophe, King of Haiti, 1767-1820
Christophe, Henri, 1767-1820
Cristóbal, Enrique, 1767-1820
nnaa Christophe, Henri, King of Haiti, 1767-1820
Christophe, Henry, King of Haiti, 1767-1820
Date of birth
1767-10-08
Date of death
1820-10-08
Associated country
Haiti
Occupation
Haiti--Kings and rulers
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed June 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Christophe, Henri; revolutionary, King, president; born 1767, probably in Grenada; born a slave; fought in a battalion led by the Marquis du Rouvrary against the British in Savannah, Georgia, was wounded (1779); purchased his freedom; served in the French militia force (1790); became a captain in the French colonial armed forces (1793); was promoted to brigadier general in the forces led by the black general François Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1794-1802); deserted the French and joined rebel forces (1802), the French were routed, Haiti was declared independent (January 1, 1804); became president of Haiti (1806); was forced to declare North Haiti a separate state; declared himself ruler of the Kingdom of North Haiti and took the name Henry I (1811); was paralyzed after a stroke (1820), shot himself with a silver bullet; died 1820 in Haiti)
- Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file, viewed February 20, 2014(access point: Henri 1re (roi d'Haïti ; 1767-1820); birth: 1767-10-08, Île de la Grenade; death: 1820-10-08, Haïti)
- Daut, Marlene L. The first and last king of Haiti : the rise and fall of Henry Christophe, 2025:title page (Henry Christophe)
- Finzi, G. Pauvre assassin, 1990:title page (Henri Christophe)
- Heinrich der Erste (Christoph), König von Hayti, 1825.
- Leconte, V. El rey Cristóbal, 1954:title page (El rey Cristóbal) leaf bet. pages 7-9 (under port.: Gral. Enrique Cristóbal, rey de Haití)
- Leconte, V. El rey Cristóbal, 1954:t.p. (El rey Cristóbal) leaf bet. p. 7-9 (under port.: Gral. Enrique Cristóbal, rey de Haití)