Madagascar/Algeria: Queen Ranavalona III (22 November 1861 - 23 May 1917), photographed in exile at Algiers by Jean Geiser (1848-1923), c. 1905. Ranavalona III was the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from July 30, 1883, to February 28, 1897, in a reign marked by ongoing and ultimately futile efforts to resist the colonial designs of the government of France. As a young woman, she was selected from among several andriana (nobles) qualified to succeed Queen Ranavalona II upon her death.

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