Given the question: Facts: - signature: ranavalo manjaka 1874 signature.svg - succession: queen of madagascar - caption: queen ranavalona ii - coronation: 3 september 1868 - reign: 2 april 1868 -- 13 july 1883 - successor: ranavalona iii - mother: rafarasoa ramasindrazana - predecessor: rasoherina - death date: 13 july 1883 1829 - house: merina - father: razakaratrimo - birth date: 1829 - name: ranavalona ii - image size: 280px - image: ranavalona ii , photograph.png - birth place: rovan ' ambatomanoina , fokontany of masombahiny Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ranavalona ii .
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ranavalona ii -lrb- 1829 -- 13 july 1883 -rrb- was queen of madagascar from 1868 to 1883 , succeeding queen rasoherina .she is best remembered for christianizing the royal court during her reign .