Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para

Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para
Born (1942-03-26) March 26, 1942
Paris, France
Nationality French
Other names Prince Antoine IV
Occupation Social Worker
Children Two

Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para, reigning as Prince Antoine IV, is the head of household for the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia, a "phantom kingdom"[1] in South America. Historians describe the Kingdom of Araucanía as a "curious and semi-comic episode".[2]

Biography

Frenchman of noble Sicilian descent,[3] Para was elected to the position of the "kingdom" which belongs rather to "the obsessions of bourgeois France than to the politics of South America",[4] on January 9, 2014 by the Regency Council of the Kingdom.[5]

Para began serving the previous Prince, Philippe Boiry, in 1972. He was later given the title of Duke of San Pedro de Hueyusco by Boiry.

Para is married with two children. He is a French veteran and served in Algeria. After his career in the military Para began in the field of social work. He specialized in the care of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. He holds a doctorate in the history of civilization.[6]

He holds the following awards from the Republic of France:

Honours

National Honours
Foreign Honours

References

  1. Cheesman, Clive; Williams, Jonathan: Rebels, Pretenders & Imposters. British Museum, 2000, ISBN 0714108995, p. 141.
  2. Collier, Simon; Sater, William F.: A history of Chile, 1808-2002. Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-82749-3, p.96.
  3. The Telegraph
  4. Chatwin, Bruce: In Patagonia. Random House, 2012, ISBN 9781448105618, p. 25.
  5. "Antoine IV". North American Araucanian Royalist Society. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  6. "Antoine IV, Prince of Araucania". Official Website of the Kingdom. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  7. larenaissancefrancaise.org
  8. Prince of Araucania and Patagonia
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