Citadelle Laferrière is also known as the Citadelle Henry Christophe after the governor of Haiti who oversaw its founding.
The Citadelle Laferrière or , Citadelle Henry Christophe , or simply the Citadelle ( Citadel ) , is a large mountaintop fortress in Nord , Haiti , located on top of the mountain Bonnet a L'Eveque , approximately 17 mi south of the city of Cap-Haïtien , 10 mi southwest of the Three Bays Protected Area , and 5 mi uphill from the town of Milot . Henri Christophe . After Dessalines was assassinated , Christophe retreated to the Plaine-du-Nord and created a separate government . On 17 February 1807 , he was elected President of the State of Haiti , as he named that area . On 26 March 1811 , Christophe created a kingdom in the North and was later proclaimed Henry I , King of Haïti .