Death and Succession
Andrianampoinimerina died in the Mahitsielafanjaka house on the compound of the Rova of Antananarivo on July 6, 1810 at the age of 65, having fathered eleven sons and thirteen daughters by his many wives. He designated his 17-year-old son Radama I to succeed him upon his death. The king's body was interred in a tomb at Ambohimanga in 1810. In an effort to desacralize the holy city of Ambohimanga, the French colonial authority transferred all the royal remains from their original tombs to those at the Rova of Antananarivo originally built for Radama I and Rasoherina; Andrianampoinimerina's remains were placed within the tomb of his son, Radama.
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