List of monarchs of Haiti explained

Border:	imperial
Royal Title:	Monarchy
Realm:	Haiti
Coatofarms:	Imperial Coat of Arms of Haiti (1849-1859).svg
Coatofarmssize:	120px
Coatofarmscaption:	Imperial Coat of arms
First Monarch:	Jacques I (as Emperor)
Last Monarch:	Faustin I (as Emperor)
Style:	His Royal Majesty His Imperial Majesty
Began:	2 September 1804
Ended:	15 January 1859
Appointer:	Elective Hereditary

The monarchs of Haiti (fr|monarques d'Haïti, ht|Monak Ayiti) were the heads of state and rulers of Haiti on three non-consecutive occasions in the 19th century.

With complete independence achieved from France in 1804, Haiti became an independent monarchy—the First Empire of Haiti (1804–1806). Haiti reverted to a monarchy in the 1810s, during the Kingdom of Haiti (1811–1820). Haiti reverted for a third and final time to a monarchy during the Second Empire of Haiti (1849–1859).

The period known as the Duvalier dynasty (1957–1986), despite the misleading name, is not a period of monarchy but of an authoritarian family dictatorship.

First Empire of Haiti (1804–1806)

See main article: First Empire of Haiti.

Kingdom of Haiti (1811–1820)

See main article: Kingdom of Haiti.

Portrait	Coat of arms	Name	King from	King until	Title
		Henry I	28 March 1811	8 October 1820	King of Haiti
		Henry II	8 October 1820	18 October 1820	(Unproclaimed) King of Haiti

Second Empire of Haiti (1849–1859)

See main article: Second Empire of Haiti.

Kingdom of La Gonâve

See main article: Gonâve Island.

Portrait	Coat of arms	Name	King from	King until	Title
		Ti Memenne^[1] ^[2]			Queen of La Gonâve
		Faustin II^[3] ^[4]	accessdate=30 July 2015-->^[5] ^[6] ^[7]	18 July 1926	1929	King of La Gonâve

See also

• List of heads of state of Haiti
• List of Haitian royal consorts
• Crown of Faustin I

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cambridge Sentinel 26 February 1944 – Cambridge Public Library's Historic Cambridge Newspaper Collection. cambridge.dlconsulting.com.
2. Web site: Sierżant Faustin Wirkus, cesarz La Gonave. Wirtualna Polska Media. S.A. April 23, 2014. opinie.wp.pl.
3. Web site: That time a Marine was crowned king of a voodoo island in Haiti. February 5, 2020.
4. Book: Wirkus. Faustin E.. Dudley, Taney. Introduction by William E. Seabrook. The White King of La Gonâve: The True Story of the Sergeant of Marines Who Was Crowned King on a Voodoo Island. 1931. 2015. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.. Ishi Press. New York. 978-4871872393. 333.
5. Web site: Department of the Navy – Naval Historical Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20100708123437/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/haiti_bib.htm. dead. July 8, 2010.
6. Web site: The Winnipeg Tribune . Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . 45. Newspapers.com. 25 April 1931 .
7. Book: Wallace, Amy. Jane Farrow. IRA Basen. The Book of Lists, the Canadian Edition: The Original Compendium of Curious Information. Knopf Canada. November 2005. 273. 9 Ordinary men who became king (#9). 0-676-97720-0. registration. https://archive.org/details/bookoflistsorigi0000unse/page/273.