Olive Soulouque

Olive Soulouque
Olive Soulouque
Princess Imperial of Haiti
Born	29 November 1842; Haiti
Died	23 July 1883 (aged 40); Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Spouse	Mainville-Joseph Soulouque
House	Soulouque
Father	Faustin I of Haiti
Mother	Adélina Lévêque

Olive Soulouque, Princess Imperial of Haiti (29 November 1842 – 23 July 1883) was a Haitian princess and the eldest daughter of Emperor Faustin I of Haiti and Empress Adélina Lévêque.

Life

Olive Soulouque was the eldest of two daughters of Faustin Soulouque and Adélina Lévêque. Born illegitimate, she was legitimated after the marriage of her parents on 31 December 1847, and raised to the title of Princess Imperial of Haiti and granted the style of Imperial Highness on 26 August 1849.^[1] She was a sister of Princess Célita Soulouque.

As princess, Olive is reported to have had a governess by the name Madame le Chevalier de Bonheur, and an "equally brilliant" household as her mother, who had a grand aumônier (grand almoner), two dames d'honneur (ladies of honor), two tirewomen, 56 dames du palais (ladies of the palace), 22 dames de la chapelle (ladies of the chapel), chamberlains and pages: all of them from the newly appointed nobility of Faustin and had the titles duchess, countess, baroness or marchioness.^[2]

As her father had no son, and preferred a male heir, he proclaimed his nephew Mainville-Joseph Soulouque heir to the throne. On 26 December 1861, Olive married prince Mainville-Joseph. She had initially opposed the marriage, but was convinced by her mother.

When her father was deposed in 1859, she and her family followed her parents in exile. The family was allowed to return to Haiti and her father and mother died in 1867 and 1878 respectively. She died in Port-au-Prince on 23 July 1883, having had three sons and one daughter, all of whom died young.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ Buyers, Haiti, Soulouque Genealogy.
^ John Bigelow: Jamaica in 1850: or, The Effects of Sixteen Years of Freedom on a Slave Colony

References

L'Empereur Soulouque et son empire, 1856.
Réglement des honneurs à rendre à LL. MM. et à la princesse impériale d'Haiti Olive Faustin, par la maison militaire de l'Empereur, 1849.
Revue des deux mondes, 1859, p. 366.

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[Buyers-1] Buyers, Haiti, Soulouque Genealogy.

[2] John Bigelow: Jamaica in 1850: or, The Effects of Sixteen Years of Freedom on a Slave Colony

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