After Ranavalona III of Madagascar was deposed by the French when they conquered her kingdom, the last official heir to the Malagasy throne was her grandniece and adoptive daughter, Princess Marie-Louise[1], who lived until 1948 and died childless at the age of 50 in France (during WWII she served as a nurse and gained the Legion of Honor by the French government).
Now, I don't know how plausible this is but, what if Marie-Louise had children (out of wedlock or not, Marie-Louise herself was illegitimate) at some point in her life? Could one of those children or one of her grandchildren gain the throne of Madagascar? Or would the fact that they lived in forced exile in France or Algeria result on that not being a possibility? (Although they could at some point be established by the French in the aftermath of WWII during the changes in the French Colonial Empire, so popular opinion is quite obrigatory)
And, if they gained the throne of Madgascar post-independence, what effects would the country being a monarchy (and would be a figurehead or a strong one? The Merina had a history with both) have on Malagasy history, stability, and interactions with the remainder of Africa. Could a monarchy being restored on a country after being exiled from there for over 50 years give other independent nations in Africa the idea of remaining monarchies, bringing back or choosing a native monarch to become their heads of government?
[1] Other possible heir was Andy Razaf, whose mother was the daughter of the first and only African-American Consul to the Kingdom of Madagascar and whose father was the nephew of Ranavalona III, making him and Marie-Louise first cousins. His father died during the French conquest and his mother fled pregnant with him, giving birth at age 15 in Washington
Now, I don't know how plausible this is but, what if Marie-Louise had children (out of wedlock or not, Marie-Louise herself was illegitimate) at some point in her life? Could one of those children or one of her grandchildren gain the throne of Madagascar? Or would the fact that they lived in forced exile in France or Algeria result on that not being a possibility? (Although they could at some point be established by the French in the aftermath of WWII during the changes in the French Colonial Empire, so popular opinion is quite obrigatory)
And, if they gained the throne of Madgascar post-independence, what effects would the country being a monarchy (and would be a figurehead or a strong one? The Merina had a history with both) have on Malagasy history, stability, and interactions with the remainder of Africa. Could a monarchy being restored on a country after being exiled from there for over 50 years give other independent nations in Africa the idea of remaining monarchies, bringing back or choosing a native monarch to become their heads of government?
[1] Other possible heir was Andy Razaf, whose mother was the daughter of the first and only African-American Consul to the Kingdom of Madagascar and whose father was the nephew of Ranavalona III, making him and Marie-Louise first cousins. His father died during the French conquest and his mother fled pregnant with him, giving birth at age 15 in Washington