Ruler · 1581 – 1641

Álvaro VI of Kongo

Lived 1581 – 1641. Manikongo of Kingdom of Kongo, 1636 – 1641.

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Lived: 1581 – 1641; 60 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kongo
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Manikongo

Kingdom of Kongo · the 18th of 49 dated reigns · 1470 – 1896

14 before

Ambrósio I of Kongo1626 – 1631

Álvaro IV of Kongo1631 – 1636

Álvaro V of Kongo1636

Álvaro VI of Kongo1636 – 1641

Garcia II of Kongo1641 – 1660

António I of Kongo1660 – 1665

Afonso II of Kongo and Nkondo1665

28 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 1636 – 1641 · 5 years · came to it aged 55

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; disease

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