Early monarchs in the Merina line

Below is a list of the line of Merina monarchs that ruled in the central Highlands of Madagascar and from whom were issued the first true monarchs of a united Madagascar in the 19th century. Before the uniting of Madagascar, succession was based on the current monarch's designation of an heir, typically from among his or her own children. As such, the list below represents a direct genealogical line from the last 19th century queen of Madagascar to some of the earliest known rulers identified in the 15th century or before. Prior to the 16th century, detailed information about the names and dates of Merina rulers becomes less consistent. Genealogy in this early period are derived primarily from oral history, while later names and dates are verifiable from primary sources. These combined sources provide the following list of Merina rulers preceding Andrianampoinimerina's unification of Imerina in the central Highlands of Madagascar

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 and his son Radama I's successful conquest of the majority of Madagascar, bringing the island under his rule. An asterisk denotes names in the genealogy drawn from oral history without substantive evidence to verify or elucidate the veracity of the ruler's life or reign.

Andrianerinerina

Andrianerinerina

According to one of several competing origin myths of the Merina people of Imerina in the central Highlands of Madagascar, Andrianerinerina is the incarnation of the son of God from which the line of Merina rulers is said to have descended....

* (Son of God incarnate. According to popular belief, descended from the skies and established his kingdom at Anerinerina)

Andriananjavonana*

Andrianamponga I*

Andrianamboniravina*

Andriandranolava (Andranolava)*

Andrianampandrandrandava (Rafandrandrava)*

Andrianmasinidohafandrana (Ramasindohafandrana)*

Rafandrampohy*

Andrianmpandramanenitra (Rafandramanenitra)*

Queen Rangita

 (Rangitamanjakatrimovavy) 1520 – 1530

Queen Rafohy

 1530 – 1540

King Andriamanelo

 1540 – 1575

King Ralambo

 1575 – 1612

King Andrianjaka

 1612 - 1630

King Andriantsitakatrandriana

 1630 – 1650

King Andriantsimitoviaminandriandehibe

 1650 – 1670

King Andrianjaka Razakatsitakatrandriana

 1670 – 1675

King Andriamasinavalona

 (Andrianjakanavalondambo) 1675 – 1710

King Andriantsimitoviaminiandriana Andriandrazaka

 (Andriantsimitoviaminandriandrazaka) 1710 – 1730

King Andriambelomasina

 1730 – 1770

King Andrianjafynandriamanitra

 (Andrianjafinjanahary or Andrianjafy) 1770 – 1787

King Andrianampoinimerina

 1787 - 1810

Monarchs of the Kingdom of Madagascar (1810–1897)

#	Picture	Name	Monarch from	Monarch until
1		Radama I Radama I of Madagascar Radama I "the Great" , the first king of greater Madagascar from 1810 to 1828, united two-thirds of the island under his rule. He had twelve Great Wives, one of them his adopted sister Ranavalona I who would emerge victorious in the struggle for succession after his premature death.-Reign:In 1810,...	6 July 1810	27 July 1828
2		Ranavalona I Ranavalona I Ranavalona I , also known as Ranavalo-Manjaka I, was a sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861...	1 August 1828	16 August 1861
3		Radama II	16 August 1861	12 May 1863
4		Rasoherina	12 May 1863	1 April 1868
5		Ranavalona II	1 April 1868	30 July 1883
5		Ranavalona III	30 July 1883	28 February 1897

See also

• Merina people
• Merina Kingdom
  Merina Kingdom
  The Merina Kingdom was a pre-colonial south-eastern African state that 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 modern and historic political capital at Antananarivo and a spiritual...
  
  
• List of colonial heads of Madagascar
• List of Presidents of Madagascar
• Prime Minister of Madagascar
  Prime Minister of Madagascar
  This page contains a list of the Prime Ministers of Madagascar.-Prime Ministers of Madagascar :-Affiliations:*PSD - Social Democratic Party of Madagascar and the Comoros...