Court Conversion and Marriage
- When
- 21 February 1869
- Where
- Andohalo (ceremony site; broader locality recorded as Antananarivo)
- Part of
- Ranavalona II baptized
Ranavalona II married Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony at Andohalo on 21 February 1869, on which occasion the court officially underwent conversion to Christianity.
On 21 February 1869, Ranavalona II entered into a political marriage with her prime minister, Rainilaiarivony, in a public ceremony at Andohalo, wherein the court officially underwent conversion to Christianity. The supplied passages do not separately attest the date or place of the queen's baptism. Later in 1869 she had the royal talismans burned and replaced their authority with the Bible.
Sources
- Ranavalona II Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-11
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