Dynasty Nyiginya dynasty (3rd) Children Cyilima II Rujugira | Died 1675 | |
Father Mibamwe II Sekarongoro II Gisanura | ||
Yuhi III Mazimpaka was the Mwami (King) of kingdom of Rwanda from 1642-1675.
He is remembered as having been an exceptionally handsome young King.He was a highly intelligent and creative man.He is said to have been a painter with words (umusizi)/poet and a prophet.He revealed from his dreams the coming of a pale race of people in many years after his death that would lead to the downfall of his kingdom. King Yuhi III commissioned a construction of a three storeyed house made of tree trunks,reeds and grass straws at a place known as Kamonyi. It is thought to have been the first storeyed house ever built in Rwanda. He suffered occasional mental illness due to his combination of intensive meditations/envisioning and the daily running of the Kingdom. He died from a leg injury which he sustained from an attempt to dive from a high rock into a lake where he had gone to swim.