Ruler · 1500 – 1545

Francisco I of Kongo

Lived 1500 – 1545. Manikongo of Kingdom of Kongo, 1545.

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

Lived: 1500 – 1545; 45 years
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kongo
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Manikongo

Kingdom of Kongo · the 4th of 49 dated reigns · 1470 – 1896

João I of Kongo1470 – 1506

Afonso I of Kongo1509 – 1543

Pedro I of Kongo1543 – 1545

Francisco I of Kongo1545

Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi1545 – 1561

Afonso II of Kongo1561

Bernardo I of Kongo1561 – 1566

42 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 1545 · under a year · came to it aged 45

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

King Francisco was the son of king Pedro Nkanga a Mvemba, who he succeeded after he was overthrown.

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