Orelie-Antoine de Tounens, a French lawyer, comes…

1860 CE

Orelie-Antoine de Tounens, a French lawyer, comes to sympathize with the Mapuche cause while visiting the region of Araucania and Patagonia in 1860, and a group of loncos (Mapuche tribal leaders) in turn elect him to the position of King—possibly in the belief that their cause might be better served with a European acting on their behalf.

Orelie-Antoine sets about establishing a government, creates a blue, white and green flag, and has coins minted for the nation under the name of Nouvelle France.

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Perquenco Araucania Chile View →

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Orélie-Antoine de Tounens View →

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Mapuche (Amerind tribe) View → Chile, (Conservative) Republic of View → Araucania and Patagonia, Kingdom of (also called New France) View →

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