Nkuwu a Ntinu of Kongo
Mwene Kongo
Nkuwu a Ntinu | |
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Mwene Kongo | |
Reign | c. 1450-c. 1470 |
Predecessor | Nlaza of Kongo |
Successor | João I |
Born | c. 1422 |
Died | c. 1470 (aged at least 47/48) |
Dynasty | Lukeni kanda |
Father | Lukeni lua Nimi |
Nkuwu a Ntinu (Portuguese: Encu a Motino) (c. 1422-c. 1470) was the fourth manikongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty to rule the Kingdom of Kongo and reigned during the mid 15th century between c. 1450 and c. 1470.
Background
Manikongo Nkuwu a Ntinu was the son of the Kongo's founder, Lukeni lua Nimi. Little is known about him or his reign other than he did not rule until after both his cousins had been king. This was required of the kingdom's founder to keep the young state together. King Nkuwu a Ntinu was the father of Nzinga a Nkuwu, the king ruling Kongo when the Portuguese arrived in 1483. King Nkuwu a Ntinu was the last of the pre-Christian kings of Kongo.
See also
- List of rulers of Kongo
- Kingdom of Kongo
Preceded by Nlaza | Manikongo 1450s-1470 | Succeeded by |
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Rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo
the recapture of São Salvador (1709–1891)
- Pedro IV of Kongo
- Manuel II of Kongo
- Garcia IV of Kongo
- Nicolau I of Kongo
- Afonso IV of Kongo
- António II of Kongo
- Sebastião I of Kongo
- "Pedro V"
- Álvaro XI of Kongo
- José I of Kongo
- Afonso V of Kongo
- Álvaro XII of Kongo
- Aleixo I of Kongo
- Joaquim I of Kongo
- Henrique II of Kongo
- Garcia V of Kongo
- André II of Kongo
- Henrique III of Kongo
- Álvaro XIII of Kongo
- Pedro V of Kongo
1881 vassalage treaty with Portugal (1891–1914)
- Alvaro XV of Kongo
- Pedro VII of Kongo
- António III of Kongo
- Isabel Maria da Gama, Q of Kongo (regent)
- Pedro VIII of Kongo
- Isabel Maria da Gama of Kongo (regent)