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Camille Paule

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Camille Paule
Husband of Queen (Sultan) of Mohéli (Mwali)
Reign1901–1909
PredecessorSayyid Muhammad bin Nasser Al-Busaidi
SuccessorFrench colonialism
Born1 March 1867
Pesmes
Died22 September 1946(1946-09-22) (aged 79)
Champagney, Jura
SpouseSalima Machamba (1874–1964)
Issue1. Henriette Camille Ursule Louise (1902−1989)
2. Louis Camille (1907−1983)
3. Camille Fernand (1917−2007)
HouseDynasty of Merina
FatherN. Paule
MotherN. N.

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

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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.

Children

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Notes

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  1. ^ See Nivois (1995).

Bibliography

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  • Nivois, Julienne: A Pesmes, en Franche-Comté..., Une Reine oubliée par l'Histoire, Éditions Dominique Guéniot, Paris, 1995.
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Camille Paule
Born: March 1867 Died: September 1946
Regnal titles
Preceded by Husband of Queen (Sultan) of Mohéli (Mwali)
1901–1909
Succeeded by