Michel II
King Michel II
Simon Michel Christophe was the King of Haiti. Michel was forced to contend with the political, religious, and social issues that had plagued his father since the annexation of Jamaica and the rise of Puerto Rican nationalism. As a sign of good faith to the Spanish speaking half of the kingdom, as well as the English speaking minority, Michel authorized the change of the national flag to remove the French language. This was seen as a betrayal by the French speaking half, and saw protests against it including flag burnings.
Michel also contended with the deposition of Haile Selassie as Emperor of Ethiopia. Many Haitian patriots used this in order to manipulate the beliefs of the Rastafarians as a means to shift loyalties back to the kingdom instead of abroad.
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Sounds like he would probably have annoyed some people either way.
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