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.
1885 -
1951
Part of administrative entity called Territoire des
Bahutu
under
Belgian colonial rule.
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 Rugabo II (Hutu)
(b. 1885 - d. 1980)
(chief until 1929)(1st time)
1962 - 1967
Ntare Rugamba II (Tutsi)(1st time)
1967 - 31 Mar 1980 Daniel
Ndeze Rugabo II (Hutu)
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1980 - 1994
Ntare Rugamba II (Tutsi)(2nd
time)
1994 - 1998
René Irivuzumwami Ndeze II
(b. 1923 - d. 2007)
(Hutu)
1998 - 30 Apr
2009 Paul
Ndeze (interim) (Hutu)
30 Apr 2009 - Aug 2016 Ndeze III
Mutarambirwa Dieudonné (b. 1944 - d. 2016)
(Hutu)
2016 - Mar 2020
Ndeze IV Ndizeye Francis (Hutu) (b. 1973)
15 Mar 2020
-
Jean-Baptiste Ndeze Rekaturebe
(provisional to May 2020)
Basibula
1796
Split from Banyarwanda.
1815/25
Settled in
Idjwi Island.
Kings (title Mwami)
1796 - 18..
Mwendanga
18.. - 1896
Kabego
1896 - 1928
Mihigo I Ndogosa
(d. 1928)
1928 - 1933
Ntambuka (1st time)
(d. 1998)
1933 - 1943
.... [unknown]
1943
Ntambuka (2nd time)
1943 - 1960
Muhamirza (acting)
1960 - 1998
Ntambuka (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1998
-
Roger Ntambuka
Mihigo II
Buhavu
....
Buhavu kingdom under Sibula dynasty.
19..
Rwandese
administration.
Kings (Mwami)
....
-
....
Nsibula I ya
Nyibunga
.... -
....
Mbera eri Maza
Nsibula II
ya Niebutatire
.... -
....
Bihako
Bamanyirwe II
c.1800
Lukara
Kamarogosa I
.... -
....
Ntale I
.... -
....
Nsibula III
Kihunga
(Bahole I)
.... -
....
Mpaka ya
Lushasha
.... -
....
Ntale II
Basumbire
.... -
....
Bamenyirew III
(Lushombo)
(d. 1928)
.... -
....
Muhirwa
(Bahole
II)
(d. 1942)
.... -
19..
Kamarogosa II
(Kamerokosa)
(d. 1960)
.... - Apr
2004
Ntale Hamuli
Kamirogosa
II
(d. 2004)
Apr 2004
-
Kamirogosa III
Shosho
Ntale
(b.
1981)
Franck
Kabare
c.1380
Shi kingdom of Kabare founded.
1859 - 1899
Capital at Ku-Buntubuzindu.
1899
Capital moved to
Kabare.
Kings (title Mwami Nabushi Kabare)
.... - ....
Nabushi I
Kabare Ngabwe [1st ruler]
.... - ....
Nabushi II
Kakome
.... - ....
Nabushi III Souau
I
.... - ....
Nabushi IV
Chilembebwa I
c.1657 - ....
Nabushi V Nshuliludjo
.... - ....
Nabushi VI
Souau II
.... -
....
Nabushi VII Namuhoye
.... - ....
Nabushi VIII Kabare-Kaganda
.... -
....
Nabushi IX Lushuli-Ludjo
.... -
....
Nabushi X Kamome
.... -
....
Nabushi XI Chifunda-Ngombe
.... -
....
Nabushi XII Chilembebwa II
.... -
....
Nabushi XIII Badahakana
.... -
....
Nabushi XIV Ngabwe I
.... -
....
Nabushi XV Kamahaha
.... -
....
Nabushi XVI Ngabwe II
.... -
....
Nabushi XVII Lukubi
.... -
....
Nabushi XVIII Mushimbi
.... - 1760
Nabushi XIX Mwerwe
(d. 1760)
1760 - 1799
Nabushi XX
Birhenjira
1799 - c.1809
Nabushi XXI Buhongera
c.1809 - 1859
Nabushi XXII
Makombe
(d. 1859)
1859 - 1889
Nabushi
XXIII Byaterana
1889 - 1919
Nabushi XXIV Rutaganda
(d. 1919)
1889 - 1892
Mugenyi (f) -Regent
1919 - 1936
Nabushi XXV Alexander Rugema
1936 - 1979
Nabushi XXVI Albert
Kabare
(d. 1979)
Ntayitunda I
1979
Nabushi XXVII Alexandre Kabare
(d. 1979)
Rugemaninzi I
1979 - 1990
Benedicte Mwa Muhigirwa
-Regent
(1st time)
1981 -
1986
Nabushi XXVIII Mamimami (disputed)
1986 -
1990
Nabushi XXIX Albert
Kabare
Ntayitundi II (disputed)
1990 - Feb 1998
Nabushi
XXX Désiré Kabare
(b. 1958 - d. 2024)
Rugemaninzi II
(1st time)
Feb 1998 - 1999
Benedicte Mwa Muhigirwa
(2nd time)(administrator)
1999 - 27 Jul 2024
Nabushi
XXX Désiré
Kabare (s.a.)
Rugemaninzi II (2nd time)
17 Aug 2024 -
Nabushi XXX Alexandre Kabare
(b. 1995?)
Rugemaninzi III
Katanga
c.1700
Gareganze state, also called Katanga, founded.
1880
Ruler adopts the style mwami
(king).
1900
State extinguished by Belgian colonial authorities, but
royalty
continues.
Rulers
.... -
....
Kawumbu Sahapepala
.... -
1856
Panda (= Sanga)
1856 -
1880
Ngelengwa
"Msiri"
(b. c.1815 - d. 1891)
Kings (title Mwami)
1880 - 20 Dec
1891
Ngelengwa "Msiri" Shitambi Mwenda I(s.a.)
20 Dec 1891 - 17 Jul 1910 Kalasa
Mukanda-Bantu Mwenda II
(b. c.1843 - d. 1910)
1910 - 7 Apr 1940
Kitanika Mabumba
Mushalila
(b. c.1860 - d. 1940)
Mwenda III
Apr 1940 - 24 Apr 1956
Munongo Musamfya Ntanga Mwenda IV
(b. c.1875 - d. 1956)
8 Jul 1956 - 6 Aug 1976
Antonie Munongo Luhinda Shalo (b.
1905 - d. 1976)
Mwenda
V
12 Sep 1976 - 28 May 1992 Godefroid
Munongo Shyombeka wa
(b. 1925 - d. 1992)
Shalo
Mwenda VI
1 Aug 1992 - 15 Oct 1997 Christian
Munongo Msiri Mwemera (b.
1955 - d. 1997)
Mwenda
VII
4 Jul 1998 -
Kaneranera Godefroid
Munongo, Jr.
Mwenda VIII
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
[Muteb II Mushid e]
Luba kingdom(s)
1585
Luba kingdom/empire founded.
1889
Ruling lineage split into two ruling lineages:
Kasongo-Luba
and
Kabongo-Luba.
Kings or Emperors (title muLopwe)
.... - ....
Kalala Ilunga (Mwine Munza)
.... - ....
Ilunga Mwila
.... - ....
Kasonga Mwine Kibanza
.... - ....
Kasonga Bunswe
.... - ....
Kasonga Kabundulu
.... - ....
Ngoye Sanza
.... - ....
Kumwinibe Mputu
.... - ....
Ndaye Mwine Nkombe
.... - ....
Kadilo (Kaplio)
.... - ....
Kekenya
1781 -
1809
Ilunga Nsungu
(d. 1809)
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
(d.
1869)
1869 - 1886
Kasongo Kalombo
(d. 1886)
1886 -
1889
Nday Mande
(d. 1889)
- Lineage 1 Kasongo-Luba -
1889 - Oct
1917
Kasongo Ngembo
(b. 18.. - d. 1931)
1917 -
1935
Umpafu Ilunga
Kumwimba
(d. 1948)
1935 -
1957
Ilunga Kisuku
(d. 1957)
1957 - 1964
Kasongo a Nyembo (Ndaye Emanuel)
1964 - 2018
Kisula
Ngoy
(b. 1940 - d. 2018)
- Lineage 2 Kabongo-Luba -
1889 - 1946
Kabongo Kumwimba Tshimbu
(d. 1946)
1946 - 25 Oct
1960
Kabongo Kalowa Boniface
(b. 1905/10 - d. 1960)
(= Ilunga Balowa Boniface)
(= Dibwe Kalowa Boniface)
Oct 1960 - 198.
Kabongo
Makassa Dibwe
(b. .... - d. 198.)
c.1980 - c.20..
Kumwimba Kabongo Kansh'imbu
15 Jul 2017
-
Diambi Kabatusuila Tshiyoyo
(b. c.1970)
Muata
(f)
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 Mwaantaangaand)
c.1500 -
c.1516
Mwaaka
c.1516 -
c.1550
Yala Maaku
c.1550 -
c.1590
Kunde
[perhaps a double for the next ruler]
c.1590 -
c.1620
Nkonda Matit
c.1620 -
c.1630
Cibind Yirung
c.1630 -
c.1660
Yaav I a Yirung (or Naweej)
c.1660 -
c.1687
Yaav II a Nawej
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] (b. 18.. -
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 = 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 - 19..
Paandzu Pfumukulu
1974 - 1996
....
1996
-
....
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 (Bahunde)
....
Bunyungu kingdom
1920
Bahunde chiefdom formed in Masiisi territory.
Chiefs (title Mwami)
.... -
....
Mupfunyi
.... -
....
Mitheghetso
.... -
....
Batwa Mahindule
.... -
....
Kalinda Bigathi
.... -
....
Bighiri I Shalukoo
.... -
....
Mupfunyi Batwa I
.... -
....
Kalinda Shabarondo
.... -
....
Kalinda Shamahwa
.... -
1922
Biiri Lukeba
(d. 1922)
1923 -
1979
André Kalinda V Muteso
(b. 1904 - d 1979)
Kyabukuye
1979 -
1980
Abbassi (interim)
1980 - 1986
Albert Kalinda VI Mupfuni
Wa (d. 1986)
Shalukoo
1987 - 1996
Gustave Kalinda
VII Ndandu
1996
-
Nicolas Kalinda VIII Kibancha
(interim to 2002)
Ngweshe
Kings (title Mwami Ngweshe)
.... - ....
Ngweshe
I (= Ngweshe-Bagweshe)
.... - ....
Ngweshe
II Muhive
.... - ....
Ngweshe III Kwibuka I
.... - ....
Ngweshe IV
Kaserere
.... - ....
Ngweshe V Weza (= Birhenjira
I)
.... - c.1850
Ngweshe VI Bichinga
(= Rugenge I) (d. c.1850)
c.1850 - c.1860
Ngweshe VII Chirimwentale
c.1860 - 1863
Ngweshe VIII Kwibuka II
(d. 1863)
1863 - 1889
Ngweshe IX Rugenge
II (d.
1889)
1889 - c.1890
Ngweshe X
Lushamba
c.1890 - c.1892
Ngweshe XI Lirangwe
(d.
1892)
c.1892 - 1913?
Ngweshe XII Ruhongeka
(d.
1913)
1913 - 1938
Ngweshe
XIII Mafundwe
(d. 1938)
1938 - 1943
Ngweshe XIV Muhigirwa
(d.
1943)
1944 - 1953
Birhenjira II Bernadin Muhigirwa
(d. 1953)
1953 - 1966
Ngweshe XV Pierre
Jean-Marie J. (b. 1937/40)
Ndatabaye Muhigirwa Weza III
(1st time)
1953 - c.1958
Marie-Astride Naweza (f) -Regent
(b. 1921 - d. 1993)
1966 - 1971
Abraham Lwanwa -Regent
1971 -
Ngweshe
XV Pierre Jean-Marie J. (s.a.)
Ndatabaye Muhigirwa Weza III
(2nd time)
Vira (Bavira)
1645
Vira (Bavira) kingdom founded under the
BeneLenghe dynasty.
Rulers (title Mwami)
1645 - 1670
Lenghe (or Lenghe I Ilunga)
1671 - 1709
Mubila Munanila (or
Mubila Munana)
1709 - 1735
Kibwe Mabingo
1735 - 1763
Muluta I Kibwe
1763 - 1798
Kinyunda Kye Lugongo
1798 - 1830
Mbuti II Lenge
1830 - 1871
Muluta II Muvuluma
1871 -
1897
Nambuza Mukangwa
1898 - 1932
Muluta III Nakumika
1932 - 1945
Lenghe II Kabale Mamboto Lwegeleza
1945 - 1964
Lwegeleza I Kabale Mamboto
1965 - 26 Oct
1996
Lenghe III Kabale Rugaza Rampan (d. 1996)
Romain Geslin
1997 -
Lwegeleza III
Lenghe Edmond
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