Olive Soulouque
Olive Soulouque (1832–1936), was a Haitian princess and Crown Princess, adopted daughter of Faustin Soulouque and Adélina Lévêque. She was married to her adoptive father’s nephew and heir, Mainville-Joseph Soulouque, Crown Prince of Haiti.
Olive Soulouque was the second of two daughters of Faustin Soulouque and Adélina Lévêque. When her father became emperor of Haiti in 1849, she was proclaimed Imperial princess. As her father had no son, and preferred a male heir, he proclaimed his nephew Mainville-Joseph Soulouque heir to the throne. In June 1854, Olive was married to her cousin the crown prince, and thereby became crown princess. She had initially opposed the marriage, but was convinced by her mother. When her father was deposed in 1859, she and her family followed her parent in exile. Upon the death of her father in 1867, her spouse was proclaimed emperor of Haiti by the Haitian Imperialists. He did participate in some attempts to restore the monarchy in Haiti, though without success. After the death of her spouse in 1891, she left for Europe with her daughter: they lived in Portugal until the death of her daughter in 1899. She lived with her younger son in the United States until his death in 1913, and then with her eldest son in the Dominican Republic until his death in 1922. She then lived in various countries until she finally returned to Haiti in 1929, where she was given a pension by the president and regularly visited by him.
- Issue
- Marie Souloque, Princess (d. 1899)
- Joseph Soulouque, Imperial Prince (d. 1922)
- Faustin Joseph Soulouque, Prince (1857-1913)
References
- L'Empereur Soulouque et son empire, 1856.
- Réglement des honneurs à rendre à LL. MM. et à la princesse impériale d'Haiti Olive Faustin, par la maison militaire de l'Empereur, 1849.
- Revue des deux mondes, 1859, p. 366.