Type: | monarch |
Camille Paule | |
Reign: | 1901 - 1909 |
Predecessor: | Sayyid Muhammad bin Nasser Al-Busaidi |
Successor: | French colonialism |
Spouse: | Salima Machamba (1874–1964) |
Spouse-Type: | Spouse |
Issue: | 1. Henriette Camille Ursule Louise (1902−1989) 2. Louis Camille (1907−1983) 3. Camille Fernand (1917−2007) |
House: | Dynasty of Merina |
Father: | N. Paule |
Mother: | N. N. |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1867 |
Birth Place: | Pesmes |
Death Place: | Champagney, Jura |
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.
He was born on 1 March 1867 in Pesmes.[1] He was a French gendarme in Saint Denis, Réunion where Salima Machamba, sultan (queen) of Mohéli (Mwali) resided, and she fell in love with and on 28 August 1901 married him, in Saint Denis, Réunion. In 1909 his wife was deposed by the French government and Comoros was annexed by France. The queen was deported with her family to France. Her wife gave birth to three children. The French government provided his wife a yearly allowance of 3,000 gold Francs. They lived as simple farmers in Haute-Saône, and he died in Champagney on 22 September 1946.