Coronation 1965 Children Zwelonke Sigcawu | Name Xolilizwe Sigcawu House House of Phalo | |
Reign 10 April 1965 – 31 December 2005 Born June 26, 1926Nqadu Great Palace, Willowvale ( 1926-06-26 ) Parents Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu Grandparents Salukaphathwa Gwebi'nkumbi Sigcawu | ||
Great-grandparents Sigcawu kaSarili | ||
Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu (26 June 1926) was the 11th paramount chief of the Gcaleka sub-group of the Xhosa nation from 10 April 1965 to 31 December 2005. Xolilizwe was an active member of the House of Traditional Leaders. His was the oldest son of Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu.
Xolilizwe died on the 31 December 2005 at No 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria and was buried on the 14 January 2006 at the Nqadu Great Palace near Willowvale in the Eastern Cape Province.He has been succeeded by Prince Zwelonke Sigcawu, the older son of Iqadi house (3rd Queen).
Xolilizwe married five wives who produced five sons and six daughters.
1) Queen Nogaweni
Prince Ahlangene Sigcawu (1970)Princess Bukelwa SigcawuPrincess Thobeka SigcawuPrincess Fila Sigcawu2) Queen Nolusapho
Prince Phandulwazi Sigcawu3) Queen Nozamile of Iqadi
Prince Zwelonke Sigcawu (1968)Prince Simpiwe SigcawuPrincess Vuyiswa SigcawuPrincess Nontathu Sigcawu4) Queen Nolitha of Ixhiba (died 1988
5) Queen Nondwe (née Princess Seziwe Ndamase married July 1979)