Ruler · 1630 – 1669

Álvaro VIII of Kongo

Lived 1630 – 1669. Manikongo of Kingdom of Kongo, 1666 – 1669.

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Lived: 1630 – 1669; 39 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kongo
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Manikongo

Kingdom of Kongo · the 23rd of 49 dated reigns · 1470 – 1896

19 before

António I of Kongo1660 – 1665

Afonso II of Kongo and Nkondo1665

Álvaro VII of Kongo1665 – 1666

Álvaro VIII of Kongo1666 – 1669

Pedro III of Kongo1669

Álvaro IX of Kongo1669 – 1670

Sébastien Ier du Kongo1670

23 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 1666 – 1669 · 3 years · came to it aged 36

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

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