Rakotomavo Andriambelomasina Andriamaheritsialainolotany

Rakotomavo Andriambelomasina Andriamaheritsialainolotany

Andriambelomasina ("Andriana-velona-masina" 'The-King-alive-saint', born Rakotomavo 'The-yellow-man', also known as Andriamaheritsialainolotany 'The-powerfull-King-whose-land-cannot-be-stolen'; ca. 1690 Amboatany–1740 Ambohimanga) was a Merina King of Imerina Avaradrano, which capital was Ambohimanga, in Madagascar island. He was the grandfather of the Merina King, Andrianampoinimerina. Feeling that the part of the Merina Kingdom he was ruling was menaced, he had the strategical idea to marry his daughter Ranavalonanadriambelomasina to the King Andriamiaramanjaka of Ikaloy and Anjafy, a Zafimamy/Alahamadintany Kingdom in the North of Ambohimanga border. This historical wedding gave Andrianampoinimerina, who unified the Merina Kingdom during his reign, and extended it to the whole highlands of Madagascar. The resulting conquests of Andrianampoinimerina set up the the basis of the unification of all the Madagascar clan Kingdoms, continued by Andrianampoinimerina's son, King Radama I (1810-1831), and was almost realized at the end of the 19th century.


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  • Andriambelomasina — ( Andriana velona masina The King alive saint , born Rakotomavo The yellow man , also known as Andriamaheritsialainolotany The powerful King whose land cannot be stolen ; ca. 1700 Ambohitrontsy –1770 Ambohimanga) was a Merina King of Imerina… …   Wikipedia

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