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Jan 31, 1842 Toulon, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, France Died on 11 Nov 1890 (aged 48)
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About Marie Charles David De Mayréna
- Marie-Charles David de Mayréna (also known as Charles-Marie David de Mayréna and Marie I, King of Sedang; 31 January 1842 – 11 November 1890) was an eccentric French adventurer who became the self-styled king of the Sedang of the northern Central Highlands in what is now southern Vietnam. De Mayréna was born in Toulon.
- He fled Paris for Java in June 1883, fearing prosecution for embezzlement.
- The next year, he was expelled from the Dutch East Indies.
- He returned to Paris and organized an arms shipment to Aceh.
- While returning to the East Indies, he stopped in Vietnam and started a plantation.
- In 1888, the King of Siam began claiming territory west of French territory.
- Anxious, the Governor-General of French Indochina agreed to a proposal from Mayréna to lead an expedition into the interior in order to negotiate treaties with the local tribespeople.
- Once there however, he convinced some tribal chiefs to form a new Kingdom of Sedang with himself as king.
- Mayréna, his supporters and some tribespeople claimed that the tribes were not vassals of the Annamese (Vietnamese) emperor and therefore could form their own kingdom.
- The Kingdom of Sedang was founded when Mayréna was elected King by the chiefs of the Bahnar, Rengao, and Sedang tribes in the village of Kon Gung on June 3, 1888.
- He then assumed the style and title Marie the First, King of Sedang.
