Laure-Therese Cros

Laure-Therese Cros (December 22, 1856, Paris, France – May 12, 1916 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) was a pretender to the throne of Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia.

Laure-Therese Cros
Pretender
Born(1856-12-22)22 December 1856
Paris, France
Throne(s) claimedPretender to throne of Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
Pretend from1903–1916
FatherAntoine-Hippolyte Cros
MotherLeonilda Mendès Texeira
SpouseLouis Marie Bernard
PredecessorAntoine-Hippolyte Cros
SuccessorJacques Antoine Bernard

Early life

Born December 22, 1856 in Paris, France, to Antoine-Hippolyte Cros and Leonilda Mendès e Texeira. She married Louis Marie Bernard on November 14, 1877 and was the mother to three sons: Etienne Bernard, Jacques Antoine Bernard who succeeded her as the sovereign of Araucania, and Andre Bernard.[1] Laure-Therese was the niece of Henry Cros, the French poet, painter and sculptor. Her Uncle Henry created a medallion showing the young Laure-Therese.[2] She died February 12, 1916 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.[3]

Pretender to the throne of Araucanía and Patagonia

On August 28 1873 the Criminal Court of Paris ruled that Antoine de Tounens, first "king of Araucania and Patagonia" did not justify his status of sovereign.[4]

Since the death of Antoine de Tounens, some French citizens without familial relations declared themselves to be pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia. Whether the Mapuche themselves accept this, or are even aware of it, is unclear.[5]

The pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia are called monarchs and sovereigns of fantasy,[6][7][8][9][10] "having only fanciful claims to a kingdom without legal existence and having no international recognition".[11]

On November 1, 1903 she succeeded to his father Antoine-Hippolyte Cros as pretender to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia.

References
  1. Philippe d'Araucanie, Histoire du Royaume d'Araucanie, [Paris, SFA, 1979], pp. 396-7.
  2. "Médaillon de la Reine Laure-Thérèse" (PDF). www.araucanie.com. 12 December 2017.
  3. "Laure Thérèse, IV. reine d'Araucanie et de Patagonie". geni_family_tree.
  4. Le XIXe siècle : journal quotidien politique et littéraire. 1873.
  5. Peregrine, Anthony (5 February 2016). "France's forgotten monarchs" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  6. Fuligni, Bruno (1999). Politica Hermetica Les langues secrètes. L'Age d'homme. p. 135. ISBN 9782825113363.
  7. Journal du droit international privé et de la jurisprudence comparée. 1899. p. 910.
  8. Montaigu, Henri (1979). Histoire secrète de l'Aquitaine. A. Michel. p. 255. ISBN 9782226007520.
  9. Lavoix, Camille (2015). Argentine : Le tango des ambitions. Nevicata. ISBN 9782511040072.
  10. Bulletin de la Société de géographie de Lille. 1907. p. 150.
  11. Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux. ICC. 1972. p. 51.
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