- Rakotomavo Andriambelomasina Andriamaheritsialainolotany
Andriambelomasina ("
Andriana -velona-masina" 'The-King-alive-saint', born Rakotomavo 'The-yellow-man', also known as Andriamaheritsialainolotany 'The-powerfull-King-whose-land-cannot-be-stolen';ca. 1690Amboatany –1740Ambohimanga ) was aMerina King ofImerina Avaradrano , which capital wasAmbohimanga , inMadagascar island. He was the grandfather of the Merina King,Andrianampoinimerina . Feeling that the part of the Merina Kingdom he was ruling was menaced, he had the strategical idea to marry his daughterRanavalonanadriambelomasina to the KingAndriamiaramanjaka ofIkaloy andAnjafy , aZafimamy /Alahamadintany Kingdom in the North of Ambohimanga border. This historical wedding gaveAndrianampoinimerina , who unified the Merina Kingdom during his reign, and extended it to the whole highlands of Madagascar. The resulting conquests of Andrianampoinimerina set up the the basis of the unification of all the Madagascar clan Kingdoms, continued by Andrianampoinimerina's son,King Radama I (1810-1831), and was almost realized at the end of the 19th century.
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