Ruler · 1826 – 1884

Cetshwayo kaMpande

Lived 1826 – 1884; monarch. King of Zulu Kingdom, 1856 – 1884.

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Lived: 1826 – 1884; 58 years
In office: 28 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Zulu Kingdom
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

King

Zulu Kingdom · the 4th of 5 dated reigns · 1816 – 1913

Shaka Zulu1816 – 1828

Dingane kaSenzangakhona1828 – 1840

Mpande kaSenzangakhona1840 – 1872

Cetshwayo kaMpande1856 – 1884

Dinuzulu KaCetshwayo1884 – 1913

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1856 – 1884 · 28 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

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