Ruler · 1868 – 1913

Dinuzulu KaCetshwayo

Lived 1868 – 1913; politician. King of Zulu Kingdom, 1884 – 1913.

Wikidata's English label: Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo.

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

Lived: 1868 – 1913; 45 years
In office: 29 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Zulu Kingdom
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King

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

1 before

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 1884 – 1913 · 29 years · came to it aged 16

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1913, the year they died

He succeeded his father Cetshwayo, who was the last king of the Zulus to be officially recognised as such by the British.

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