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List of Ngolas of Ndongo

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List of Ngolas of Ndongo

The following is an incomplete List of Ngolas of the Kingdom of Ndongo, a pre-colonial West−Central African state in what is now present day Angola.

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The full title of those who ruled over the Northern Mbundu Kingdom of Ndongo was Ngola a Kilanje. The kingdom was south of Kingdom of Kongo. The last ruling dynasty moved east to the nearby Kingdom of Matamba, and continued independently until 1741.

Rulers of Ndongo as a BaKongo Tributary

  • King Ngola-a-Nzinga (ruled c.1358)
  • King Ngola Kiluanji Inene (c. 1515–1556)

    • Rulers of Ndongo as an Independent State

  • King Ndambi a Ngola (1556–-c.1562)
  • King Ngola Kiluanji kia Ndambi (c. 1562-c. 1575)
  • King Njinga Ngola Kilombo kia Kasenda (c. 1575–1592)
  • King Mbandi Ngola Kiluanji (1592-1617)
  • King Ngola Nzinga Mbandi (1617-1624)
  • Queen Ana de Sousa Nzingha Mbande (ruled 1624-1626)

    • Rulers of Ndongo under Portuguese Vassalage

  • King Hari a Kiluanje (ruled 1626)
  • King Ngola Hari (ruled 1626-1657)

    • Rulers of Ndongo-Matamba

  • Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (ruled 1657-1663)

    • Rulers of the state of Pungo a Ndongo

  • Queen Mukambu Mbandi (ruled 1663 - 1671; after the death of her sister, Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba)

    • References

    List of Ngolas of Ndongo Wikipedia
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