Guingemaro

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Guingemaro (also spelled as Tingemaro) was an early kingdom on Madagascar.{{cite book|last1=Randrianja|first1=Solofo|last2=Ellis|first2=Stephen|title=Madagascar: A Short History|year=2009|publisher=Hurst|isbn=978-1-85065-947-1|page=91}} It declined during the seventeenth century.{{cite book|last1=Nativel|first1=Didier|last2=Rajaonah|first2=Faranirina V.|title=Madagascar revisitée. En voyage avec Françoise Raison-Jourde|date=1 May 2009|publisher=KARTHALA Editions|isbn=978-2-8111-3118-0|page=410}} As of the year 1640, the king of Guingemaro had 400 wives and concubines. He was considered by English merchants at the time to be the most powerful ruler on the island of Madagascar.Solofo Randrianja and Stephen Ellis, Madagascar: A Short History (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009), p. 91

Some scholars believe Guingemaro was founded by slaves who had escaped Mahilaka.Randrianja and Ellis, Madagascar, p. 91