Antoine de Tounens died in poverty on 17 September 1878 in Tourtoirac, France. Antoine de Tounens had no children but since his death in 1878, 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. The pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia are called monarchs and sovereigns of fantasy, "having only fanciful claims to a kingdom without legal existence and having no international recognition". See also Khalid Sheldrake, a British Muslim who was briefly King of Islamestan, a short-lived Uyghur state during the Warlord Era Bibliography Antoine de Tounens, Orllie-Antoine 1er, roi d'Araucanie et de Patagonie: son avénement au trône et sa captivité au Chili, relation écrit par lui-même, Paris 1863., Roberto Hosne, Patagonia: History, Myths and Legends, Duggan-Webster, 2001, page 65., Carlos Foresti Serrano, Eva Löfquist, Álvaro Foresti, María Clara Medina, La narrativa chilena desde la independencia hasta la Guerra del Pacífico, Editorial Andrés Bello, 2001, page 63., Braun-Menéndez, Armando: El Reino de Araucanía y Patagonia. Editorial Francisco de Aguirre. 5a edición. Buenos Aires y Santiago de Chile, 1967. Primera edición: Emecé, Colección Buen Aire, Buenos Aires, 1945, Magne, Leo: L´extraordinaire aventure d´Antoine de Tounens, roi d´Araucanie-Patagonie. Editions France-Amérique latine, Paris 1950, Philippe Prince d´Araucanie: Histoire du Royaume d´Araucanie (1860–1979), une Dynastie de Princes Français en Amérique Latine. S.E.A., Paris 1979, Silva, Victor Domingo: El Rey de Araucanía. Empresa Editorial Zig-Zag. Santiago de Chile, 1936, Jean Raspail: Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie, éditions Albin Michel, 1981 (Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française). References External links Website of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia North American Araucanian Royalist Society Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia – Mapuche Portal People of the Occupation of Araucanía Araucania Kings of Araucania 1825 births 1878 deaths People from Dordogne French expatriates in Chile Self-proclaimed monarchy