Ruler · 1680 – 1743

Manuel II of Kongo

Lived 1680 – 1743. Manikongo of Kingdom of Kongo, 1718 – 1743.

Wikidata's English label: Manuel II du Kongo.

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

Lived: 1680 – 1743; 63 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kongo
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Manikongo

Kingdom of Kongo · the 33rd of 49 dated reigns · 1470 – 1896

29 before

Pedro III of Kongo1678 – 1680

João II of Lemba1680 – 1716

Pedro IV of Kongo1696 – 1718

Manuel II of Kongo1718 – 1743

Garcia IV of Kongo1743 – 1752

Nicolau I of Kongo1752 – 1758

Pedro V of Kongo1763 – 1764

13 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 1718 – 1743 · 25 years · came to it aged 38

Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

Manuel was the brother of Daniel I, and when he was killed in the Sack of São Salvador, became the main Kimpanzu claimant to the Kongo throne.

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