Laure-Therese Cros (December 22, 1856, Paris, France – May 12, 1916, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) was a

pretender A pretender is someone who claims to be the rightful ruler of a country although not recognized as such by the current government. The term may often be used to either refer to a descendant of a deposed monarchy or a claim that is not legitimat ...

to the throne of Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia.

Life

She was born on December 22, 1856, in Paris, France, to Antoine-Hippolyte Cros and Leonilda Mendès e Texeira. Laure-Therese was the niece of Charles Cros, a poet and inventor, and Henry Cros ( :fr: Henry Cros), the French poet, painter and sculptor. Her Uncle Henry created a medallion showing the young Laure-Therese. She married Louis Marie Bernard on November 14, 1877, and was the mother to three sons: Etienne Bernard, Jacques Antoine Bernard who succeeded her as the sovereign of Araucania, and Andre Bernard. She died February 12, 1916, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

Pretender to the throne of Araucanía and Patagonia

On August 28, 1873, the Criminal Court of Paris ruled that Antoine de Tounens, first "king of Araucania and Patagonia" did not justify his status of the sovereign. Since the death of Antoine de Tounens, some French citizens without familial relations declared themselves to be pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia. Whether the Mapuche themselves accept this, or are even aware of it, is unclear. The pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia are called monarchs and sovereigns of fantasy, "having only fanciful claims to a kingdom without legal existence and having no international recognition". On November 1, 1903, she succeeded to his father Antoine-Hippolyte Cros as pretender to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia. Orden Reina Laura Teresa

Honours

In 1958 Philippe Boiry, pretender to the

throne A throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign (or viceroy A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory ...

from 1952 to 2014, created a medal of the ''l'Ordre de la reine Laure-Thérèse'' in memory of Laure-Thérèse Cros.

References

External links

Royal House of Araucania and PatagoniaNorth American Araucanian Royalist SocietyMapuche International Link
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