Ruler · 1505 – 1615

Bernardo II of Kongo

Lived 1505 – 1615. Manikongo of Kingdom of Kongo, 1614 – 1615.

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

Lived: 1505 – 1615; 110 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kongo
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Manikongo

Kingdom of Kongo · the 11th of 49 dated reigns · 1470 – 1896

7 before

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

Garcia I of Kongo1624 – 1626

35 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 1614 – 1615 · 1 year · came to it aged 109

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; disease

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