Merina Kingdom

Overview

The Kingdom of Merina, also known as the Kingdom of Madagascar and officially the Kingdom of Imerina, was a pre-colonial state off the coast of Southeast Africa that, by the 18th century, dominated most of what is now Madagascar. It spread outward from Imerina, the Central Highlands region primarily inhabited by the Merina ethnic group with a spiritual capital at Ambohimanga and a political capital 24 km (15 mi) west at Antananarivo, currently the seat of government for the modern state of Madagascar. The Merina kings and queens who ruled over greater Madagascar in the 19th century were the descendants of a long line of hereditary Merina royalty originating with Andriamanelo, who is traditionally credited with founding Imerina in 1540.

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Borders & accuracy

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps
• SNAPSHOT1870
• MATCHEDExpansionist Kingdom of Merina
• POLITY TYPEtributary

Wars of this empire7

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Second Franco-Hova War1894–95
  Major conflict
• Merina Unification Wars1787–1810
  Significant
• Radama I's Conquests1810–28
  Significant
• Sakalava-Merina Wars1820–53
  Significant
• First Franco-Hova War1883–85
  Significant
• Battle of Tamatave1845
  Regional
• Battle of Andriba1895
  Regional