| Princess Célita | |
| Full Name: | Célestine Marie Françoise Soulouque |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1848 |
| Birth Place: | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Death Date: | 27 January 1912 |
| Death Place: | Anse-à-Galets, La Gonâve, Haiti |
| Father: | Faustin I of Haiti |
| Mother: | Adélina Lévêque |
| Spouse: | Jean Philippe Lubin, Count of Pétion-Ville |
| House: | Soulouque |
Princess Célestine Marie Françoise Soulouque (13 February 1848 – 27 January 1912) was a Haitian princess and the daughter of Emperor Faustin I and Empress Adélina Lévêque.
Célita was born in Port-au-Prince on 13 February 1848 as the youngest child of Faustin Soulouque, the president of Haiti, and Adélina Lévêque.[1] [2] The following year, her father became Emperor of Haiti and she became a princess and adopted the style of Imperial Highness.
In 1859, her father was overthrown in a coup led by General Fabre Geffrard. Following the emperor's abdication, and Geffrad's proclamation of the Third Haitian Republic and election as president, the imperial family were forced into exile.
Célita was ten years old when the empire fell, and spent most of her childhood in exile, first in Jamaica, then Paris, and finally Curaçao, where they were granted asylum by King William III of the Netherlands.
She did not return to Haiti until 1867, when her cousin President Sylvain Salnave, authorized the return of the imperial family. A few weeks after the family's return to Haiti, Célita's father died, leaving her older sister, Olive, Princess Imperial, as heir to the imperial throne.
Célita married Jean Philippe Lubin, Count of Pétion-Ville.[3]