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Namuggala of Buganda

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Reign
  
1741 - 1750

Father
  
Prince Musanje Golooba

Place of burial
  
Busiro, Uganda

Coronation date
  
1741

Predecessor
  
Mwanga I of Buganda

Died
  
1750

Successor
  
Kyabaggu of Buganda

Spouse
  
1. Nabakyaala Basuuta 2. Lady Najjuka 3. Lady Nakangu 4. Lady Nalubowa 5. Lady Nalunga 6. Lady Nawaguma

Mother
  
Namasole Nabulya Naluggwa

Parents
  
Prince Musanje Golooba, Namasole Nabulya Naluggwa

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Namuggala Kagali was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, between 1741 and 1750. He was the twenty-fourth (24th) Kabaka of Buganda.

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Claim to the throne

He was the second son of Prince Musanje Golooba. His mother was Nabulya Naluggwa of the Ndiga clan, the second of his father's wives. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his elder brother, Kabaka Mwanga I Sebanakitta, in 1741. He established his capital at Nansana.

Married life

He is recorded to have married six (6) wives:

  • Naabakyaala Basuuta, the Kaddulubaale, daughter Masembe, of the Nsenene clan
  • Najjuka, daughter of Gunju, of the Butiko clan
  • Nakangu, daughter of Kagenda, of the Mamba clan
  • Nalubowa, daughter of Seggiriinya, of the Ngo (Leopard) clan.
  • Nalunga, daughter of Terwewalwa, of the Nvuma clan.
  • Nawaguma, daughter of Kisuule, of the Tembo? clan

    • Issue

    He is recorded to have fathered three sons:

  • Prince (Omulangira) Kateregga, whose mother was Basuuta
  • Prince (Omulangira) Ngabo, whose mother was Najjuka
  • Prince (Omulangira) Kiboli, whose mother was Nawaguma

    • The final years

    Kabaka Namuggala abdicated in favor of his younger brother, Kyabaggu Kabinuli, around 1750. He died, following an accidental fall on Nalubugo Hill, after his abdication. He was buried at Muyomba, Busiro.

    References

    Namuggala of Buganda Wikipedia
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