Ratsitatanina, also known as ''Ratsitatane'' (1790-1822) was a Malagasy nobleman. He was the nephew of King Radama I and the son of minister Andriamambavola. The first Prime Minister of Madagascar

Andriamihaja Andriamihaja, also spelled Andrìamihàja (died 1831), was the first Prime Minister of Madagascar. He was a supporter of Ranavalona I and as a young military officer he was instrumental in her rise. He came to be functionally viewed as her husband ...

is believed to be his son. Ratsitatanina was exiled from Madagascar to the island of

British Mauritius Mauritius was a Crown colony off the Southeast coast of Africa. Formerly part of the French colonial empire, British rule in Mauritius was established de facto with the Invasion of Isle de France in November 1810, and de jure by the subsequen ...

aboard vessel ''Menai''. He landed in Mauritius on 24 December 1821 and was imprisoned, although he was given some freedom. The British administrators had plans to further exile him to the island of Rodrigues. However Ratsitatanina escaped and was later captured by a private militia of maroon-hunters led by Franco-Mauritian lawyer and politician Adrien d'Épinay. Ratsitatanina and his accomplices were tried for plotting to kill prominent people in Mauritius. He was beheaded at Plaine Verte on Monday 15 April 1822.

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