Salima Machamba
| Salima Machamba | |
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| Queen (Sultan) of Mohéli (Mwali) | |
| Reign | 1888–1909 |
| Predecessor | |
| Successor | French colonialism |
| Born | 1 November 1874 Fomboni, Mohéli |
| Died | 7 August 1964 (aged 89) Pesmes, Haute-Saône, France |
| Burial | 10 August 1964 L'église Saint-Hilaire, Pesmes |
| Spouse | Camille Paule (1867–1946) |
| Issue | 1. (1902−1989) 2. (1907−1983) 3. (1917−2007) |
| House | |
| Father | (1837–1881) |
| Mother | Jumbe Fatima bint Abderremane, Sultan of Mohéli (1836/37–1878) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Salima Machamba (Fomboni, 1 November 1874 – Pesmes, Haute-Saône, France, 7 August 1964) was sultan of Mohéli (Mwali) in 1888–1909. Her official paternal name was Salima Machamba bint Saidi Hamadi Makadara. And her Christian name was Ursule. She was a relative of Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar.
Life[]
She was born out of wedlock as the daughter of Jumbe Fatima bint Abderremane, Queen (Sultan) of Mohéli (Mwali) and (great-grandson of Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle[1][2]) on 1 November 1874 in Fomboni, but officially she bore the name of her mother's husband and was recognised as Salima Machamba bint Saidi Hamadi Makadara.[3] She was chosen as puppet queen of Mohéli by the French who made Comoros a French protectorate. She fell in love with and on 28 August 1901 married a French gendarme, Camille Paule, in Saint Denis, Réunion. 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, and died in Pesmes on 7 August 1964. She was buried at L'église Saint-Hilaire, Pesmes on 10 August 1964.[4] Her granddaughter, Anne Etter represents the royal family of Mohéli in Comoros as the president of Association Développement des Iles Comores.[5]
- Their grave with her husband in Pesmes
Children[]
- From her marriage to Camille Paule (Pesmes, 1 March 1867 – Champagney, Jura, 22 September 1946), three children:
- (Cléry, Côte-d'Or, 15 July 1902 − Dijon, Côte-d'Or, 4 April 1989), Princess of Mohéli, she has a daughter:
- Christiane
- (Cléry, Côte-d'Or, 1 September 1907 − Dole, Jura, 8 April 1983), Prince of Mohéli, he has a daughter:
- (1941– ), President of Association Développement des Iles Comores, wife of Jean–François Etter
- (Cléry, Côte-d'Or, 16 June 1917 − Dijon, 1 April 2007), Prince of Mohéli
- (Cléry, Côte-d'Or, 15 July 1902 − Dijon, Côte-d'Or, 4 April 1989), Princess of Mohéli, she has a daughter:
Notes[]
- ^ (in French) "Salima Machamba, Reine de Moheli et agricultrice à Cléry", Archives départementales de la Côte d'Or, 2016.
- ^ (in French) Anne Etter, « À Salima de Mohéli, dernière reine comorienne, la fidélité d’une petite-fille », Éditions Komedit, 2012.
- ^ See Nivois (1995).
- ^ See Nivois (1995).
- ^ * La France en Union des Comores Ambassade de France à Moroni/Le portrait de la femme du mois (Access date: 27 October 2014)
Bibliography[]
- Nivois, Julienne: A Pesmes, en Franche-Comté..., Une Reine oubliée par l'Histoire, Éditions Dominique Guéniot, Paris, 1995.
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External links[]
- Comores/Ursule Salima Machamba 1ère, Dernière reine de Mohéli (Access date: 27 October 2014)
- Habari Za Komori/Ursule Salima Machamba 1ère, Dernière reine de Mohéli (Access date: 27 October 2014)
- Rulers/Salima Machamba (Access date: 27 October 2011)
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