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Betsimisiraka/Tamatave kingdom (Madagascar)

Last modified: 2015-07-28 by bruce berry
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[Betsimisiraka/Tamatave first flag] image by Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005
Used Jul 1750 - 18 Aug1819? See also:

Betsimisiraka/Tamatave Kingdom

The Betsimisiraka/Tamatave Kingdom was on the east coast of Madagascar.
This website reports 4 flags:
Jul 1750 - 18 Aug1819? Square, quartered of red and green with a white cross charged with a semé of yellow fleurs-de-lis (a French flag?). Image based on a small image by Jaume Ollé, based on Flag Bulletin, X:2/3, 1971 and Lucien Philippe's, Les anciens drapeaux de Madagascar, 6° ICV, IJsselmeer, 1975.
18 Aug 1819 - 1822 white with in the center a yellow cockerel standing on three yellow spears or arrows.
1822 - 1826 same, with in the canton a British Union Jack.
1826 - 1828 same with below the Union Jack a red humpbacked cow.

Data from the site mentioned above:
1712               Betsimisaraka kingdom
26 Jul 1750     Île de Sainte-Marie de Madagascar ceded to France.
1803               In decline occupies only region of Fenerive.
1811 - 18 Feb 1811 British occupation of Tamatave.
1817               Vassal of Madagascar.
1828               Annexed by Madagascar.

Kings (personal names in parentheses)
1712 - 1750        Ramaromanompo (Ratsimilaho)        (d. 1750)
1750 - 1754        Beti - Queen (1750 - 1753 French prisioner)
                             - jointly with -
1750 - 1767        Zanahary (Jean Onesime Filet)      (d. 1767)
1767 - 1791        Iavy
1791 - 1803        Zakavola
1803 - 18 Feb 1811 Anarchy
Feb 1811 - 1826    Jean René
1826 - 1828        ....

Ratsimilaho was the son of Thomas White, a British pirate, who died in Madagascar early in 1708, reportedly of "excessive drinking and other irregularities".
In the 18th century Betsimisaraka was tributary to Boina, but our friend Count Benyovski persuaded them to stop payment.
Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005
 

Betsimisiraka/Tamatave - second flag

[Betsimisiraka/Tamatave second flag] image by Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005
Used 18 Aug 1819 - 1822

18 Aug 1819 - 1822 white with in the center a yellow cockerel standing on three yellow spears or arrows. Image based on a small image by Jaume Ollé, based on Flag Bulletin, X:2/3, 1971 and Lucien Philippe's, Les anciens drapeaux de Madagascar, 6° ICV, IJsselmeer, 1975.
Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005

Betsimisiraka/Tamatave - third flag

[Betsimisiraka/Tamatave third flag] image by Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005
Used 1822 - 1826

1822 - 1826 white with in the center a yellow cockerel standing on three yellow spears or arrows, with in the canton a British Union Jack. Image based on a small image by Jaume Ollé, based on Flag Bulletin, X:2/3, 1971 and Lucien Philippe's, Les anciens drapeaux de Madagascar, 6° ICV, IJsselmeer, 1975.
Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005
 

Betsimisiraka/Tamatave - fourth flag

[Betsimisiraka/Tamatave fourth flag] image by Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005
Used 1826 - 1828

1826 - 1828 white with in the center a yellow cockerel standing on three yellow spears or arrows, with in the canton a British Union Jack, with below the Union Jack, a red humpbacked cow . Image based on a small image by Jaume Ollé, based on Flag Bulletin, X:2/3, 1971 and Lucien Philippe's, Les anciens drapeaux de Madagascar, 6° ICV, IJsselmeer, 1975.
Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005
 

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