Madagascar is made up of a highland plateau fringed by a lowland coastal strip, narrow (c.30 mi/50 km) in the east and considerably wider (c.60–125 mi/100–200 km) in the west.
Radama I (reigned 1810–28), in return for agreeing to end the slave trade, received British aid in modernizing and equipping his army, which helped him to conquer the Betsimisáraka kingdom.
Under RadamaII (reigned 1861–63) and his widow and successor Rasoherina (reigned 1863–68) the anti-European policy was reversed and missionaries (including Roman Catholics) and traders were welcomed again.
RadamaII of MadagascarRadamaII (23 September 1829 - 12 May1863) was king of Madagascar from 1861 until his assassination in 1863.
After succeeding her husband, Radama I, and becoming Queen, she was also known as Ranavalo-Manjka I. Over the course of her bloody reign, and after it, she was referred to as the Modern Messalina, the Bloody Mary of Madagascar, and Wicked Queen Ranavalona....
Ranavalona III of Madagascar Ranavalona III (22 November 1861 - 23 May 1917) was Queen of Madagascar from 1883 to 28 February 1897, when she was deposed by France, who subsequently ruled the island as a colony....
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