Reign 1916–1945 Issue
among others Ilute Mother Queen Ma-Litia | Spouse Queen Kumayo Father King Lewanika Parents Lewanika, Queen Ma-Litia | |
Yeta III was a King of Barotseland, one of the greatest High Chiefs of the Lozi people in Zambia.
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Family
The parents of Yeta were King Lewanika and Queen Ma-Litia.
Yeta married a woman called Kumayo who became his consort at Sefula Church in 1892. They were baptized together.
Later Yeta married another woman.
His children were:
Reign
Yeta was a great ruler. He was enthroned at Lealui on March 13, 1916 and abolished the traditional system of corvee, the last vestige of slavery on 1 April 1925.
Yeta attended the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey in London, but suffered a severe stroke which caused partial paralysis and loss of speech in early 1939. Yeta's secretary wrote: "The Coronation was the greatest event we ever saw or will ever see in our lives again. Nobody could think that he is really on earth when seeing the Coronation Procession, but that he is either dreaming or is in Paradise."
He abdicated in favour of his younger brother Imwiko.