Frédéric Luz

Frédéric Rodriguez-Luz (born 1964), also known as Frédéric Luz, is a French writer and heraldist. He is also the current pretender to the "throne" of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia, "an ephemeral 19th-century state."[3] On April 12, 2023, a group of seven Councilors within the Kingdom voted to depose the Prince and have promised the election of a new prince in early 2024. The Kingdom has also been described as a "non-existent kingdom not recognized by any State"[4] currently represented by a French non-profit organization dedicated to international campaigning on behalf of the Mapuche people.[5]

Frédéric Luz
(aka Frédéric Rodriguez-Luz)
Pretender
Born (1964-03-09) 9 March 1964
Toulouse, France
Throne(s) claimedKingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
Pretend from2018 – present
Spousewidowed
ChildrenDiane and Henry
PredecessorJean-Michel Parasiliti di Para as known as Prince Antoine IV of Araucania and Patagonia[1][2]

Life and Work

Frédéric Nicolas Jacques Rodriguez-Luz was born on 9 March 1964 in Toulouse, France.[6] His Spanish grandfather settled in France after seeking exile from Francoist Spain.[4]

Since 1984, Frédéric Luz has worked professionally as a heraldist and has published a number of works on heraldry.[7] He was a heraldic advisor to Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris.[8] In 2003 and 2004, Luz created coats of arms for cities and government ministries in the Republic of Senegal, as well as for Senegalese Presidents Léopold Sédar Senghor and Abdoulaye Wade. For his work, he was made a Commander of the National Order of the Lion of Senegal.[6] Luz lives in France and was married to Anne Marie Lauzeral, who died October 5, 2020. He has two children, Henry and Diane.[9]

Pretender to the throne of Araucanía and Patagonia
Personal coat of arms of Frédéric I

On August 28, 1873, the Criminal Court of Paris ruled that Antoine de Tounens, first "king of Araucania and Patagonia" did not justify his status of sovereign.[10]

Since the death of Antoine de Tounens, some French citizens without familial relations declared themselves to be pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia. Whether the Mapuche themselves accept this, or are even aware of it, is unclear.[11]

The pretenders to the "throne of Araucania and Patagonia" are called monarchs and sovereigns of fantasy,[1][12][13][14][15] "having only fanciful claims to a kingdom without legal existence and having no international recognition".[2]

The Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia is represented by a French non-profit organization whose purpose is to fight for the recognition of Mapuche culture, language and religion.[16]

Frédéric Luz became actively involved in the work of the "Kingdom" of Araucania and Patagonia in 2014. Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para as known as "Prince Antoine IV of Araucania and Patagonia" named him minister of communications and judge of arms of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia. He was also made vice President of UN-recognized NGO, Auspice Stella, which works to promote Mapuche rights in the international community.

On March 24, 2018, Frédéric Luz was elected pretender to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia.[17][18]

On March 21, 2023, Prince Frédéric removed two Councilors from the Council of the Kingdom and two Councilors from the Council of State. He stripped them of their titles, offices, and distinctions. On April 12, 2023, the four deposed Councilors plus three other Councilors who still held their offices met to depose Prince Frédéric and to name a new Prince. Currently, the rebel party is led by masonic historian Pierre Mollier who uses the title Regent. The rebel party promises the election of a new Prince of Araucania and Patagonia in March or April of 2024. Prince Frédéric continues to have four loyalist Councilors who support his reign. He has not been seen in public since August 2022.

Works
  • Armorial de France et d'Europe, No. 1, (Courtnay, 1990)
  • Armorial de France et d'Europe, No. 2, (Gaillac: La Place royale éditions, 1991)
  • Le soufre & l'encens: Enquête sur les Eglises parallèles et les évêques dissidents, (Paris: C. Vigne, 1995)
  • Le blason & ses secrets: Retrouver ou créer ses armoiries aujourd'hui, (Paris: C. Vigne, 1995)
  • Blasons des familles d'Europe: Grand armorial universel, (Gaillac: La Place royal éditions, 1996)
  • Dictionnaire du blason / L.-A. Duhoux d'Argicourt, preface by Frederic Luz, (Gaillac: La Place royale éditions, 1996)
  • Armorial de France et d'Europe, No. 6, (Gaillac: La Place royal éditions, 1998)
  • Orthodoxie, (Puiseaux : Pardès, 2001)
  • Armorial de France et d'Europe, (Gaillac: La Place royale éditions, 2002)
  • Armorial de France et d'Europe, (Gaillac: La Place royale éditions, 2005)

Honours

References
  1. Fuligni, Bruno (1999). Politica Hermetica Les langues secrètes. L'Age d'homme. p. 135.
  2. Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux. ICC. 1972. p. 51.
  3. "'We are hostages': indigenous Mapuche accuse Chile and Argentina of genocide". the Guardian. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  4. Bassets, Marc (2018-06-01). "Federico I, un nieto de exiliado republicano en el 'trono' de la Patagonia". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  5. Avendaño, Emily (2019-05-18). "El conflictivo perfil de la mapuche que denuncia a Chile por genocidio ante La Haya". El Líbero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  6. "Décret No. 2004-611 on avril 30 2004 from the Président of the Republique of Senegal". Archived from the original on 2017-04-24.
  7. "Graulhet. Frédéric Luz crée des blasons". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  8. Point de Vue, No. 2943, page 27
  9. "Araucanie: le nouveau prince des Mapuches - 15/05/2018". sudouest.fr. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  10. Le XIXe siècle : journal quotidien politique et littéraire. 1873.
  11. Peregrine, Anthony (5 February 2016). "France's forgotten monarchs" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  12. Journal du droit international privé et de la jurisprudence comparée. 1899. p. 910.
  13. Montaigu, Henri (1979). Histoire secrète de l'Aquitaine. A. Michel. p. 255.
  14. Lavoix, Camille (2015). Argentine : Le tango des ambitions. Nevicata.
  15. Bulletin de la Société de géographie de Lille. 1907. p. 150.
  16. "'We are hostages': indigenous Mapuche accuse Chile and Argentina of genocide". the Guardian. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  17. "Dordogne : le royaume d'Araucanie a un nouveau prince". Sud Ouest.fr. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  18. "Un Graulhétois sacré prince d'Araucanie et de Patagonie - 05/04/2018". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
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