Ruler · 1787 – 1828

Shaka Zulu

Lived 1787 – 1828; monarch. King of Zulu Kingdom, 1816 – 1828.

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Lived: 1787 – 1828; 41 years
In office: 12 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Zulu Kingdom
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

King

Zulu Kingdom · the 1st of 5 dated reigns · 1816 – 1913

Shaka Zulu1816 – 1828

Dingane kaSenzangakhona1828 – 1840

Mpande kaSenzangakhona1840 – 1872

Cetshwayo kaMpande1856 – 1884

1 after

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 1816 – 1828 · 12 years · came to it aged 30

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

the article also: killed, executed

In 1828, he was assassinated by his half-brothers, King Dingane and Prince Mhlangana and Mbopha kaSithayi.

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