Camille Paule Explained

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.

Life

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.

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Notes and References

  1. See Nivois (1995).