Succession: Dessalines assassinated October 17, 1806 without a designated successor; Christophe, his general-in-chief, named president under the December 1806…
Year: 1806 · Places: Ayiti
SUMMARYSuccession: Dessalines assassinated October 17, 1806 without a designated successor; Christophe, his general-in-chief, named president under the December 1806 constitution, rejected its limits and founded the State of Haiti in the north (1807), then the Kingdom (1811, King Henri I); Petion led the Republic in the south. The second EMPEROR was Faustin Soulouque (1849-1859). Record. Lens: Christophe's kingdom = continuation of Dessalines's line, not a new start. TODO: read the 1807 and 1811 constitutions and Christophe's own statements on succession.