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Mwanawina II

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Consort
  
Unknown

Father
  
Sibeso

Parents
  
Sibeso

Issue
  
Mwangala

Mother
  
One princess

Mwanawina II was a King or Chief of the Lozi people in Zambia, Africa, a member of the third dynasty of Litungas. His full title was Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga.

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Family

Mwanawina was a son of Prince Sibeso, who was a son of the King Mulambwa Santulu. Sibeso was killed in 1863.

Siblings of Mwanawina were Chief Musiwa and one more chief (name unknown).

He became a king after his uncles Silumelume and Mubukwanu.

Reign

Mwanawina was proclaimed king at Katongo. His daughter was named Mwangala, but her mother is not known.

Mwanawina appointed Mwangala when she was one year old to the throne in the south.

He was deposed and expelled by his nobles and killed (poisoned or starved to death) on an island near Ng'ambwe, 1879.

References

Mwanawina II Wikipedia