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  1. Jacques-Victor Henry, Prince Royal of Haiti (3 March 1804 – 18 October 1820) was the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of Haiti. He was the youngest child of Henri Christophe, then a general in the Haitian Army, by his wife Marie-Louise Coidavid.

  2. They married in Cap-Haïtien in 1793, having had a relationship with him from the year prior. They had four children: François Ferdinand (1794–1805), Françoise-Améthyste (d. 1831), Athénaïre (d. 1839) and Jacques-Victor Henry (1804–1820). At her spouse's new position in 1798, she moved to the Sans-Souci Palace.

  3. There, Evans became an art teacher and produced two of the most enduring images of post-revolutionary Haiti: portraits of the Caribbean’s first Black king and prince. The portraits The king commissioned Evans to paint the only official portraits of himself and his heir, Jacques-Victor (shown below).

  4. His 16-year-old son and heir, Jacques-Victor Henri, Prince Royal of Haiti, was murdered 10 days later at the Sans-Souci Palace by rebels. Following the assassination of Emperor Jacques I, the country was split.

  5. The youngest son of King Henry I, HRH Jacques-Victor Henry, Prince Royal of Haiti reigned as the unproclaimed King of Haiti for ten days, from 08 to 18 October 1820. His two older brothers, both sons of King Henry and Queen Marie-Louise, died before the Kingdom of Haiti was proclaimed, rendering him the heir apparent.

  6. Richard Evans, Royal Prince Jacques-Victor-Henri Christophe, c. 1816, oil on canvas, 34¼” x 25½” (Alfred Nemours Collection of Haitian History, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus) Jacques-Victor’s portrait meanwhile sets the prince outdoors.

  7. Retrato oficial de cuerpo entero del Príncipe Victor Henry Christophe, pintado a Gran Estilo. Encargado por Henry Christophe al pintor británico Richard Evans, quien estaba a cargo de la escuela de dibujo y pintura en Sans Souci.