![Portrait of princess Marie-Louise, grandniece of the Queen Ranavalona III. The heir-apparent of the fallen Madagascar Kingdom, Marie-Louise had left Ranavalona's villa to study at a French high school and would go on to marry a French agricultural engineer named Andre Bosshard on June 24, 1921. Although she continued to receive a small pension from the French government throughout her lifetime, Marie-Louise chose to pursue a career as a nurse and was awarded the Legion of Honor for her medical services during World War II. After Bosshard and the childless Marie-Louise divorced, the young woman reportedly made the most of her new-found freedom as a flamboyant and vivacious social butterfly. Marie-Louise died in Bazoches-sur-le-Betz on January 18, 1948, without leaving any descendants, and was buried in Montreuil, France.[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Portrait_of_princess_Marie-Louise%2C_grandniece_of_the_Queen_Ranavalona_III.jpg)
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Portrait of princess Marie-Louise, grandniece of the Queen Ranavalona III. The heir-apparent of the fallen Madagascar Kingdom, Marie-Louise had left Ranavalona's villa to study at a French high school and would go on to marry a French agricultural engineer named Andre Bosshard on June 24, 1921. Although she continued to receive a small pension from the French government throughout her lifetime, Marie-Louise chose to pursue a career as a nurse and was awarded the Legion of Honor for her medical services during World War II. After Bosshard and the childless Marie-Louise divorced, the young woman reportedly made the most of her new-found freedom as a flamboyant and vivacious social butterfly. Marie-Louise died in Bazoches-sur-le-Betz on January 18, 1948, without leaving any descendants, and was buried in Montreuil, France.[1] |
| Date | circa 1900 |
| Source | University of Southern California Libraries |
| Author | Renaudeau |
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