Fomboni
Fomboni (population approx. 19,000) is the third-largest city in the Comoros. It is also the capital and largest city on the island and the Autonomous Island of Mohéli, of which it makes up more than one third of the population. Characterized ...
– 7 August 1964,
Pesmes
Pesmes () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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*Communes of the Haute-Saône department
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) was sultan of
Mohéli
Mohéli , also known as Mwali, is an autonomous island that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. It is the smallest of the three major islands in the country. It is located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa and it is the smallest of ...
(Mwali) in 1888–1909. Her official paternal name was ''Salima Machamba bint Saidi Hamadi Makadara''. She was a relative of
Ranavalona I
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, Queen of Madagascar.
Life
Salima Machamba was born on 1 November 1874 in
Fomboni
Fomboni (population approx. 19,000) is the third-largest city in the Comoros. It is also the capital and largest city on the island and the Autonomous Island of Mohéli, of which it makes up more than one third of the population. Characterized ...
, to
Jumbe Fatima bint Abderremane
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*Salum ...
Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle
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. She was born out of wedlock, but officially bore the name of her mother's husband and was recognised as Salima Machamba bint Saidi Hamadi Makadara.
She was chosen as puppet queen of Mohéli by the French, who made Comoros a French
protectorate
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. She fell in love with and married on 28 August 1901
Camille Paule
Camille Paule (1 March 1867 – 22 September 1946) was the husband of Salima Machamba, sultan (queen) of Mohéli (Mwali) (1901–1909). He was a French gendarme.
Life
He was born on 1 March 1867 in Pesmes.See Nivois (1995). He was a French gendar ...
, a French
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. In 1909 she was deposed by the French government and Comoros was annexed by France.
She was deported with her family to France. She gave birth to three children. The French government provided her a yearly allowance of 3,000 gold Francs. She lived as a simple farmer in
Haute-Saône
Haute-Saône (; Arpitan: ''Hiôta-Sona''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.La France en Union des Comores Ambassade de France à Moroni/Le portrait de la femme du mois (Access date: 27 October 2014)
Cemetery of Pesmes - Ursule Salima Machamba's grave.jpg
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Children
From her marriage to
Camille Paule
Camille Paule (1 March 1867 – 22 September 1946) was the husband of Salima Machamba, sultan (queen) of Mohéli (Mwali) (1901–1909). He was a French gendarme.
Life
He was born on 1 March 1867 in Pesmes.See Nivois (1995). He was a French gendar ...
(1 March 1867, Pesmes – 22 September 1946,
Champagney, Jura
Champagney () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Jura department
The following is a list of the 494 communes of the Jura department of France.
The c ...
Cléry, Côte-d'Or
Cléry () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
− 4 April 1989,
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
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* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earl ...
), Princess of Mohéli, she has a daughter:
** Christiane
* ''Louis'' Camille Paule (1 September 1907, Cléry, Côte-d'Or − 8 April 1983,
Dole, Jura
Dole (, sometimes pronounced ) is a commune in the Jura department, of which it is a subprefecture (''sous-préfecture''), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, in Eastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 23,711.
History
Dole wa ...
), Prince of Mohéli, he has a daughter:
** Anne Ursule Etter (born 1941), President of Association Développement des Iles Comores, wife of Jean–François Etter
* Prince Camille ''Fernand'' Paule (16 June 1917, Cléry, Côte-d'Or − 1 April 2007, Dijon), Prince of Mohéli
Notes
Bibliography
* Nivois, Julienne: ''A Pesmes, en Franche-Comté..., Une Reine oubliée par l'Histoire'', Éditions Dominique Guéniot, Paris, 1995.