Jacques Lebaudy

Jacques Lebaudy
Commander of the Faithful, King of Tarfaia, Duke of Arleuf and Prince of Chal-Huin
A 1904 photograph of Lebaudy
Emperor of the Sahara
ReignJune 1903 – c. 1904
Enthronement1 January 1904
(planned)
PredecessorEmpire established
SuccessorEmpire dissolved
Governor-GeneralGeorge Edward Gouraud
BornJacques Lebaudy
1868 (1868)
France
Died11 January 1919(1919-01-11) (aged 50–51)
Westbury, Long Island, New York, US
Burial17 January 1919
SpouseMarguerite Augustine Doliere
IssueJaqueline Lebaudy
Regnal name
Jacques I
HouseLebaudy
FatherJules Lebaudy
MotherAmicie
ReligionRoman Catholic

Jacques Lebaudy (1868 – 11 January 1919) was a Frenchman from an extremely wealthy family of sugar refiners, known for his eccentricity and his attempt to establish a new nation, the Empire of the Sahara. The circumstances of his death in 1919 in Westbury, Long Island resulted in a sensational grand jury proceeding.