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Key facts
- Reign
- 2 April 1868 – 13 July 1883
- Coronation
- 3 September 1868
- Predecessor
- Rasoherina
- Successor
- Ranavalona III
- Prime minister
- Rainilaiarivony
- Tenure
- 1861–1863
- Co consort
- Rasoherina
- Born
- 1829, Rovan' Ambatomanoina, Fokontany of Masombahiny
- Died
- 13 July 1883 (aged 53 – 54)
- Burial
- 1897, Tomb of the Queens, Rovan' Antananarivo
- Spouse
- Radama II Rainilaiarivony
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Merina Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ambatomanoina
- Place of death
- Antananarivo
- Spouse
- Rainilaiarivony
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Malagasy
- Family
- Merina Kingdom
- Noble title
- queen regnant
- Image
- Ranavalona II.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ranavalona II
- date of birth
- 1829-01-01
- date of death
- 1883-07-13
- place of burial
- Rova of Antananarivo
- name in native language
- Ranavalona II
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseMerina DynastyHova dynasty FatherPrince Razakaratrimo MotherPrincess Rafarasoa Ramasindrazana Signature
Ranavalona II (1829 – 13 July 1883) was Queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883, succeeding Queen Rasoherina, her first cousin. She is best remembered for Christianizing the royal court during her reign.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ranavalona II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.