Camille Paule


Camille Paule was the husband of Salima Machamba, sultan of Mohéli . He was a French gendarme.

Life

He was born on 1 March 1867 in Pesmes. He was a French gendarme in Saint Denis, Réunion where Salima Machamba, sultan of Mohéli resided, and she fell in love with and on 28 August 1901 married him, in Saint Denis, Réunion. In 1909 his wife was deposed by the French government and Comoros was annexed by France. The queen was deported with her family to France. Her wife gave birth to three children. The French government provided his wife a yearly allowance of 3,000 gold Francs. They lived as simple farmers in Haute-Saône, and he died in Champagney on 22 September 1946.

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