Jean-Louis Pierrot
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Jean-Louis Pierrot was a career officer and general in the Haïti
an Army. He became president of Haïti on April 16, 1845. During the first Haïtian Kingdom, Henry I
promoted Pierrot to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army and granted him the hereditary title of Prince
. As President of Haïti, he was intended to be a figurehead for the Mulatto ruling class. A failure in that role, he was overthrown in a coup d'etat
on March 24, 1846, after attempting reforms in the government.
He is known to have had a daughter, Marie Louise Amélia Célestine (Princess Pierrot), who in 1845 married Lieutenant-General Pierre Nord Alexis
, a provincial governor under Emperor Faustin I
, who later became Haïtian Minister for War from 1867 to 1869 and president of Haiti from 1902 to 1908.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
an Army. He became president of Haïti on April 16, 1845. During the first Haïtian Kingdom, Henry I
Henri Christophe
Henri Christophe was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution, winning independence from France in 1804. On 17 February 1807, after the creation of a separate nation in the north, Christophe was elected President of the State of Haiti...
promoted Pierrot to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army and granted him the hereditary title of Prince
Prince
Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...
. As President of Haïti, he was intended to be a figurehead for the Mulatto ruling class. A failure in that role, he was overthrown in a coup d'etat
Coup d'état
A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
on March 24, 1846, after attempting reforms in the government.
He is known to have had a daughter, Marie Louise Amélia Célestine (Princess Pierrot), who in 1845 married Lieutenant-General Pierre Nord Alexis
Pierre Nord Alexis
Pierre Nord Alexis was President of Haiti from December 21, 1902 to December 2, 1908. He was son of Nord Alexis, a high-ranking official in the regime of Henry Christophe, and Blézine Georges, Christophe's illegitimate daughter. Alexis joined the army in the 1830s, serving President Jean-Louis...
, a provincial governor under Emperor Faustin I
Faustin I of Haiti
Faustin I was born Faustin-Élie Soulouque. He was a career officer and general in the Haïtian army when he was elected President of Haïti in 1847. In 1849 he was proclaimed Emperor of Haïti under the name of Faustin I...
, who later became Haïtian Minister for War from 1867 to 1869 and president of Haiti from 1902 to 1908.