Ruler · 1501 – 1566

Bernardo I of Kongo

Lived 1501 – 1566. Manikongo of Kingdom of Kongo, 1561 – 1566.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1501 – 1566; 65 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kongo
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Manikongo

Kingdom of Kongo · the 7th of 49 dated reigns · 1470 – 1896

3 before

Francisco I of Kongo1545

Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi1545 – 1561

Afonso II of Kongo1561

Bernardo I of Kongo1561 – 1566

Henrique I of Kongo1566 – 1567

Álvaro I of Kongo1567 – 1587

Álvaro II of Kongo1587 – 1614

39 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 1561 – 1566 · 5 years · came to it aged 60

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1566, the year they died

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