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1811-06-02

Christophe and his wife are consecrated and crowned by the archbishop of Haiti at the Cap.

Haitian

At last the king and the queen had themselves consecrated and crowned, on 2 June, by His Grace the archbishop of Haïti. The ceremony was imposing. Banquets, concerts, four days of festivity completed the intoxication of some, the reassurance of others, and the overawing of the mass. (1)

Source  ·  p. 286 Joseph Saint-Rémy (des Cayes), Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique, tome 5 (Paris: Auguste Durand, 1857), p. 286; English translation, Rasanblaj.