death_place death_date children birth_place nationality title parents birth_date spouse article_title education name occupation
betsimisaraka confederation 1750 zanahary madagascar malagasy filoha be princess antavaratra rahena c. 1694 queen bita ratsimilaho
 england ratsimilaho king
ratsimilaho

ratsimilaho -lrb- c. 1694 -- 1750 -rrb- was a ruler of an east coastal region of madagascar .
he is said to be the son of an english pirate and a malagasy queen , antavaratra rahena .
the region , known as the betsimisaraka confederation covered 400 miles of coast and this legacy was created by ratsimilaho .
the betsimisaraka make up approximately fifteen percent of the malagasy people and are the second largest group in madagascar after the merina .
