Orélie-Antoine de Tounens
French adventurer who proclaimed himself king of Araucania and Patagonia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Orélie-Antoine de Tounens (born Antoine Tounens) (12 May 1825 – 17 September 1878) was a French lawyer and adventurer who proclaimed by two decrees on 17 November 1860 and 20 November 1860 that Araucanía and Patagonia did not depend of any other states and that he himself was King of Araucanía and Patagonia.[1][2][3] On 5 January 1862, he was arrested by the Chilean army and imprisoned. He was declared insane by the court of Santiago on 2 September 1862, and expelled to France on 28 October 1862.[4][5] He tried three further times to go back to Araucanía to regain his "kingdom", but without success, and he died in poverty on 17 September 1878, in Tourtoirac, France.
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Orélie-Antoine de Tounens | |
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King of Araucania and Patagonia | |
Reign | 17 November 1860 – 17 September 1878 |
Predecessor | Position created |
Successor | Achille Laviarde |
Born | (1825-05-12)12 May 1825 Chourgnac, France |
Died | 17 September 1878(1878-09-17) (aged 53) Tourtoirac, France |
Father | Jean Tounens |
Mother | Catherine Jardon |
Occupation | Lawyer |