Ruler · 1440 – 1506

João I of Kongo

Lived 1440 – 1506; monarch. Manikongo of Kingdom of Kongo, 1470 – 1506.

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Lived: 1440 – 1506; 66 years
In office: 36 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kongo
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Manikongo

Kingdom of Kongo · the 1st 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

45 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 1470 – 1506 · 36 years · came to it aged 30

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1506, the year they died

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