Achille Laviarde

Gustave-Achille Laviarde (November 17, 1841 – March 16, 1902) was from 1882 to his death, pretender to the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia under the name of "Achille I king of Araucanie".

Achille Laviarde
Pretender
Born(1841-11-07)7 November 1841
Paris, France
Died16 March 1902(1902-03-16) (aged 60)
Title(s)Known as 'King of Aracuania'
Throne(s) claimedKingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
Pretend from1882–1902
SpouseMaria Elisa Octavia Guery
PredecessorOrelie-Antoine de Tounens
SuccessorAntoine-Hippolyte Cros

Personal

Achille Laviarde was born to Bertrand Xavier Laviarde (1808–1867) and Marie Anne Rosalie Colmart (1812–1888) in Reims, France. On May 20, 1876, he married Marie Élisa Octavie Guéry (1852–1893) in London, England. The couple had no children.

Achille Laviarde was an active Bonapartiste, calling for the restoration of the French monarchy under the rule of a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was implicated in the "Affaire du Comité Rémois" which was investigated by the French Parliament in 1875.[1]

He died in Paris, France, on March 16, 1902.

Pretender to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia

In 1882, three and a half years after the death on September 17, 1878 of Orelie-Antoine de Tounens, Achille Laviarde invoked a will of this one in his favor to proclaim himself pretender to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia under the name Achille I. On March 26, 1882, he asked the nephew of Antoine de Tounens to give up the throne of Araucania, invoking the last wishes of Antoine de Tounens.

Previously, on August 28, 1873 the Criminal Court of Paris ruled that Antoine de Tounens, first king of Araucania and Patagonia did not justify his status of sovereign.[2]

The pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia are called monarchs and sovereigns of fantasy,[3][4][5][6][7] "having only fanciful claims to a kingdom without legal existence and having no international recognition".[8]

Bibliography
  • Bruno Fuligny, L'Etat c'est moi: Histoire des monarchies privées, principautés de fantaisie et autres républiques pirates, Paris 1998.
  • Simon de Schryver, Le Royaume d’Araucanie-Patagonie, Antoingt, 1887.
  • Philippe Boiry aka "Philippe prince d´Araucanie", Histoire du Royaume d´Araucanie (1860–1979), une dynastie de princes français en Amérique Latine. S.F.A., Paris 1979, 468 p.

References
  1. "Deuxieme Rapport Fait au Nom de la Commission d'Enquete Parlementaire sur l'Election qui a eu lieu dans le departement de la Nievre" by M. Savary, Versailles 1875.
  2. Le XIXe siècle : journal quotidien politique et littéraire. 1873.
  3. Fuligni, Bruno (1999). Politica Hermetica Les langues secrètes. L'Age d'homme. p. 135. ISBN 9782825113363.
  4. Journal du droit international privé et de la jurisprudence comparée. 1899. p. 910.
  5. Montaigu, Henri (1979). Histoire secrète de l'Aquitaine. A. Michel. p. 255. ISBN 9782226007520.
  6. Lavoix, Camille (2015). Argentine : Le tango des ambitions. Nevicata. ISBN 9782511040072.
  7. Bulletin de la Société de géographie de Lille. 1907. p. 150.
  8. Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux. ICC. 1972. p. 51.
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