Kingdom of Talamanca
Kingdom of Talamanca Reino de Talamanca | |||||||||
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| 1867–1910 | |||||||||
| Government | Cacicazgo | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Presidential decree | July 25 1867 | ||||||||
• King Santiago Mayas | 1862-1871 | ||||||||
• King Birche | 1872-1874 | ||||||||
• King William Forbes | 1872-1880 | ||||||||
• King Antonio Saldaña | 1880-1910 | ||||||||
• Last king and heir's deaths | 1910 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
The Kingdom of Talamanca was a political entity existing during the historic period covered from the Executive Decree issued by the Costa Rican government on July 25, 1867, recognizing the Talamanca indigenous monarchs as "political chiefs" of the region, until the death of their last king Antonio Saldaña in 1910, apparently poisoned, and who died without heirs thus putting an end to the line of succession.