Congo (Kinshasa) Traditional states
Note: It would be nearly impossible to be
comprehensive here therefore this record is restricted to some of the historically
most important polities. Note that the Kingdom of Kongo is recorded under
Angola
traditional states its geographical location.
Banyarwanda
1796
Rwandan refugees establish a kingdom in Congo,
kingship alternates between Tutsi and Hutu.
c.1796 Basibula spilt from Banyarwanda.
Kings (title Mwami)
1796 - 1850 Natte Rugamba I (Tutsi)
c.1850 - 18.. Kabego (Tutsi)
18.. - .... Mihigo Ndogosa (Tutsi)
.... - 1918 Nshizirungu (Tutsi)
1918 - 1920 .... [unknown]
1920 - 1962 Daniel Ndeze II (Hutu) (1st time) (d. 1980)
(chief until 1929)
1962 - 1967 Ntare Rugamba II (Tutsi)(1st time)
1967 - 1980 Daniel Ndeze II (Hutu)(2nd time) (s.a.)
1980 - 1994 Ntare Rugamba II (Tutsi)(2nd time)
1994 - .... (Hutu)
Basibula
c.1796 Spilt from Banyarwanda.
Kings (title Mwami)
c.1796 - 18.. Mwendanga
18.. - 18.. Kabego
c.1878 - c.1890 Ndogosa
(d. 1928)
c.1890 - 1928 Mihigo I
1928 - 1943 Ntambuka (1st time) (d. 1998)
1943 - 1960 Chief Muhamiriza
1960 - 1998 Ntambuka
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1998 -
Roger Ntambuka Balekage Mihigo II
Kabare
c.1380 Shi kingdom of Kabare founded.
1859 - 1899 Capital a Ku-Buntubuzindu,
1899 Capital moved to Kabare.
Kings (title Mwami Kabare)
c.1657 - .... Nabushi XX Souau II
.... - .... Nabushi XXI Mwerwe
17.. - 1760 Nabushi XXII Ngabwe (d. 1760)
1760 - 1799 Nabushi XXIII Birhenjira
1799 - c.1809 Nabushi XXIV Bigomokero
c.1809 - c.1859 Nabushi XXV Makombe
c.1859 - c.1889 Nabushi XXVI Byaterana
1889 - 1919
Nabushi XXVII Rutaganda (d. 1919)
1889 - .... Queen Mugenyi (f) -Regent
1919 - 1936 Nabushi XXVIII Alexander Rugema (d. 19..)
1936 - 1958 Nabushi XXIX Albert Kabare
Ntayitunda
1958 - 1959 Nabushi XXX Désiré Rugemaninzi II
(1st time)
1959 - 1979 Nabushi XXXI Alexander Kabare (d. 1979)
Rugemaninzi III
1979 - 1981 Queen Benedicte Mwa Muhigirwa (f)
(1st time) -Regent
1981 - 1986 Mami-Mami -Regent
1986 - 1998
Nabushi XXX Désiré Rugemaninzi II
(2nd time)
1998 - 1999 Queen Benedicte Mwa Muhigirwa (f)
(2nd time)(administrator)
1999 -
Nabushi XXX Désiré Rugemaninzi II
(3rd time)
Katanga
c.1700
Gareganze state, also called Katanga, founded.
1880
Ruler adopts the style mwami (king).
1900
State extinguished by Belgian colonial authorities.
Rulers
.... - ....
Kawumbu Sahapepala
.... - 1856
Panda (Sanga)
1856 - 1880
Ngelengwa "Msiri"
(b. c.1815 - d. 1891)
Kings (title Mwami)
1880 - 20 Dec 1891
Ngelengwa "Msiri"
(s.a.)
20 Dec 1891 - 1900
Mukunda Bantu
(b. c.1843 - d. 1910)
Kuba kingdom
Note: The polity has of course no official
name. The names are given in the currently accepted transcription (without
the diacritics and without the distinction between open and closed e and
o), together with, in [ ], a common traditional transcription.
c.550
Legendary date of foundation of the kingdom.
1600
Kingdom consolidated by Shyaam aMbul aNgoong
[Shamba Bolongongo].
Kings (title Nyim [Nyimi])
1776 - 1810
Kot aMbul [Kata Mbula]
1810 - 1840
Miko miMbul [Mikope Mbula]
1840 - 1885
Mbop aMabiinc maMbul [Bope Mobinji]
1885 - 1890
Miko aMabiinc maMbul
[Mikope Mobinji]
1890 - 1896
Kot aMbweeky aMileng [Koto Mboke]
1896 - 1900
Misha aPelyeeng [Mishanga Pelenge]
1900
Miko aPelyeeng [Mikope Pelenge]
1900
Mbop Pelyeeng II [Bope Pelenge]
1900
.... [Mingashanga Bake]
1900
Kot aKyeen [Kwete Kena]
1900 - 1901
Mbop aKyeen [Bope Kena]
1901 - 1902
Miko miKyeen [Mikope Kena]
1902 - 1916
Kot aPe [Kwete Peshanga Kena]
1916 - 1919
Mbop aMabiinc maMbweeky
[Bope Mobinji Boke]
1919 - 1939
Kot aMabiinc maKyeen
[Kwete Mobinji Kena]
1939 - Sep 1969
Mbop aMabiinc maKyeen
[Bope Mobinji Kena]
Sep 1969 -
Kot aMbweeky aShyaang [Kwete Mboke]
Luba kingdom(s)
1585
Luba kingdom/empire founded.
1889
Ruling lineage split into two ruling lineages.
Kings or Emperors (title muLopwe)
c.1685 - c.1700
Kumwimba
c.1700 - c.1715
Kasongo Bonswe
c.1715 - c.1740
Mwine Kombe Dai
c.1740 - c.1742
Kadilo
c.1742 - c.1749
Kekenya
c.1749 - c.1769
Kaumbo
c.1768 - c.1781
Miketo
1781 - 1809
Ilunga Nsungu
c.1800
Kasongo Kukaya (in rebellion)
1809 - 1837
Kumwimba Ngombe
1837
Ndaye Muzinga (usurper)
1837 - 1864
Ilunga Kabale
1864 - 1865
Maloba Konkola
1865 - 1869
Kitamba
1869 - 1885
Kasongo a Kalombo
(d. 1886)
1885 - 1889
Nday a Mande
(d. 1889)
- Lineage 1 -
1889 - Oct 1917
Kasongo a Nyembo
(b. 18.. - d. 1917)
1917 - 1935
Umpafu Ilunga Kumwimba
(d. 1948)
1935 - 1957
Ilunga Kisuku
1857 - 1964
Kasongo a Nyembo
1964 -
Kisula Ngoy
- Lineage 2 -
1889 - 1948
Kabongo Kumwimba Tshimbu
(d. 1946)
1948 - 25 Oct 1960
Kabongo Boniface Kalowa
(b. 1905/10 - d. 1960)
(Ilunga Balowa Boniface
= Dibwe Kalowa Boniface)
Oct 1960 - 198.
Kabongo Makassa Dibwe
(d. 198.)
Ruund [Luunda]
Note: The same convention about transcription
of names as under Kuba applies to this record.
c.1500
Ruund [Luunda] state founded.
1690
The ruler adopts the style Mwaant Yaav [Mwaanta Yaava].
Rulers (title Mwaant Yaav [Mwaanta Yaava])
c.1687 - c.1719
Mbal I Yaav
c.1719 - c.1720
Mukas Munying Kabalond
c.1720 - c.1748
Muteb I Kat Kateng
c.1748 - c.1766
Mukas Waranankong
c.1766 - 1775
Naweej I Mufa Muchimbunj
1775 - 1800
Cikomb Yaav Italesh [Cikombe Yaava]
1800 - 1852
Naweej II a Ditend [Naweeji Yaava
Ditende "Diuta"]
1852 - 1857
Mulaj a Namwan [Mulaji aMbala]
1857
Cakasekene Naweej
1857 - 1873
Muteb II a Cikomb
[Muteba yaCikombe]
1873 - 1874
Mbal II a Kamong Isot [Mbala] (d. 1874)
1874 - 1883
Mbumb I Muteb a Kat [Mbumba Muteba]
1883 - 1884
Cimbindu a Kasang
[Cimbindu Ditende]
1884 - 1885
Kangapu Naweej [Kangapu Naweeji] (d. 1885)
1885 - 1886
Mudib [Kibamba Mudiba]
(d. 1886)
1886 - 1887
Mutand Mukaz [Mutanda Mukanza] (d. 1887)
1887
Mbal III a Kalong [Mbala Cilombe]
1887 - 1907
Mushid I a Nambing [Mushidi] (d. 1907)
1907 - 1920
Muteb I a Kasang [Muteba]
(in rebellion from 1898)
1920 - 1951
Kaumbw Diur [Kaumba]
1951 - Jun 1963
Yaav a Naweej III [Yaava Naweeji]
1963 - 1965
Mushid II "Lumanga" Kawel a Kamin
[Mushidi]
Dec 1965 - 27 Nov 1973 Muteb II Mushid
[Muteba Mushidi]
27 Nov 1973 - 1984
Mbumb II Muteb [Mbumba Muteba] (d. 1984)
1984 - 27 Jan 2005
Kawel II
(b. 1932? - d. 2005)
28 Jan 2005 -
Mushid III
(b. 1945)
Kasongo
Luunda (Yaka)
c.1700
Kasongo Luunda state founded.
Rulers (title Kyambvu)
.... - 1859
Muteeba Kadi (Muteeba Nzuzi or Mbaala)
1859 - 1886
Naweesi
1886 - 1894
Tsiimba Mukuumbi
1894 - 1902
Lukookisa
1902 - 1904
Muloombo
1904 - 1915
Mwaana Koko (Kodi Pwaanga) (1st time)
1915 - 1922
Mulumbi Mbisi
1922 - 1925
Kabeya
1925 - 1929
Bivula (Bangi)
1929 - 1939
Mwaana Koko (Kodi Pwaanga) (2nd time)
1939 - 1941
Kambaamba
1941 - 1945
Mukulu Désiré
1945 -
Paandzu Pfumukulu
Mangbetu
Note: From c.1873 there are many branches
of the dynasty; this record only concerns the
main lineage.
c.1750
Mangbetu kingship established.
Nov 1881 - 1883
Egyptian occupation.
Rulers (title mkinyi kpokpo)
.... - ....
Orua Ero
.... - ....
Mebula
.... - 1815
Manzika
1815 - 1859
Nabiembali
1859 - 1867
Tuba
1867 - 1873
Mbunza
1873 - 1879
Nesogo
1873 - 27 Dec 1895
Niangara
(establishes a separate polity)
1879 - 1881
Mambanga (1st time)
Nov 1881 - 1883
Mbittima (under Egyptian occupation)
1883
Mambanga (2nd time)
(goes on to establish another branch)
1883 - ....
Koi Mbunza
Masisi
Kings (title Mwami)
1940 - 1944 Joseph Bideri
1944 - 1956 Wilfrid Bucyanayandi
c.1956 - c.1959 Andre Kalinda I
1959 - Albert Kalinda II
Ngweshe
Rulers
c.1700 Kaserere
.... - .... Weza I
.... - .... Muyangwa I
Kings (title Mwami Ngweshe)
.... - .... Muyangwa II Murhebwa
.... - .... Bichingat Weza II
.... - .... Cirhahongerwa
.... - .... Rugenge I
.... - .... Cibambo Muyangwa III
.... - 1850's Cibanvunya
Muyangwa IV (d. 1850's)
1850's - 1860's Chirimwentale
1860's - 1870's Kwibuka II
1870's - c.1880 Rugenge II Lushamba
c.1880 - 1892
Lirangwe
(d. 1892)
1892 - 1922 Ruhongeka
(d. 1922)
1922 - 1936 Mafundwe
Rugema Kabare (d. 19..)
1936 - 1944 Muhigirwa
1944 - 1953 Birhenjira II Bernadin Muhigirwa (d. 1953)
1953 - 1966 Pierre Jean-Marie J. Ndatabaye
Muhigirwa Weza III (1st time) (b. 1937/40)
1953 - c.1958 Marie-Astride Naweza (f) -Regent (b. 1921 - d. 1992)
1966 - 1971 Chief Abraham Lwanwa -Regent
1971 - Pierre Jean-Marie J. Ndatabaye (s.a.)
Muhigirwa Weza III (2nd time)
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