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Prince Annaba
Character Information
Starring: Marcus Griffiths
Season(s): 1
Episode Count: 1
First Episode: Mirror For Princes
Last Episode: Mirror For Princes
Names
Full Name: Annaba (Anabia, Anniaba) of Assinie
Title(s): - King of Assinia

- Prince of Assinia

Biographical Information
Originally From: Assinia, Africa
Current Location: Assinia, Africa
Religion: Roman Catholic
Physical Description
Status: Alive
Gender: Male
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Brown
Relationships
Children: Daughter (name unknown)
Interests: Marie-Thérèse of Spain † (ex-lover)
Affiliations: Kingdom of France

Kingdom of Assinia

Prince Annaba is a guest at the Palace of Versailles and an emissary from Assinia.

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Biography[]

Season One[]

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Marie-Thérèse of Spain[]

Louise Marie Thérèse

Louis XIV of France[]

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Historical Facts[]

  • Aniaba / Annaba was sent to France in May 1688 (so twenty years before he arrived there in the show), at the time of the arrival of the French on this coast west Africa. He converted to Catholicism, with Louis XIV as godfather.
  • On August 1, 1691, baptized by Bossuet in the church of the Foreign Missions, sponsored by Louis XIV which he receives the first name (full name Jean-Louis), he takes advantage of the best preceptors , becomes an officer of a cavalry regiment with an annual rent of twelve thousand pounds, "the first black officer of the French army".
  • He spent ten years in France before returning to Africa.

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