Ruler · 1501 – 1614

Álvaro II of Kongo

Lived 1501 – 1614. Manikongo of Kingdom of Kongo, 1587 – 1614.

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Lived: 1501 – 1614; 113 years
In office: 27 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kongo
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Manikongo

Kingdom of Kongo · the 10th of 49 dated reigns · 1470 – 1896

6 before

Bernardo I of Kongo1561 – 1566

Henrique I of Kongo1566 – 1567

Álvaro I of Kongo1567 – 1587

Álvaro II of Kongo1587 – 1614

Bernardo II of Kongo1614 – 1615

Álvaro III of Kongo1615 – 1622

Pedro II of Kongo1622 – 1624

36 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1587 – 1614 · 27 years · came to it aged 86

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1614, the year they died

He was one of Kongo's most powerful and important kings, who succeeded his father Álvaro I, but not until resolving a dispute with his brother.

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