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Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini [2] (born 23 September 1974) is the reigning King of the Zulu Nation and Monarch of KwaZulu-Natal. Misuzulu is the second-oldest surviving son of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, and Great Wife, Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu. Misuzulu became heir presumptive after the death of his father on 12 March 2021. [3] [4]
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini's great-great-great-great-grandfather, King Mpande, as a half-brother of the Zulu King Shaka, reigned from 1840 to 1872.Shaka's policies and conquests transformed a small clan into one of South Africa's most influential pre-colonial powers, extending over much of what is now KwaZulu-Natal.
Family Image; Shaka kaSenzangakhona: c. July 1787 – 22 September 1828 (aged 41) 1816: ... Misuzulu Zulu kaZwelithini 23 September 1974 (age 50) 7 May 2021:
The King of the Zulu Nation (IsiZulu: Isilo Samabandla Onke or Ingonyama yamaZulu [1]) or simply the Zulu King, is the paramount subnational traditional leader of the amaZulu ethnolinguistic group, the Monarch of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa (i.e., the ceremonial figurehead of the Government of KwaZulu-Natal) and the Lord of the Usuthu.
His Majesty, King Misuzulu Zulu of the Zulu, Monarch of KwaZulu-Natal at the Umkhosi Womhlanga. King of the Zulu Nation (IsiZulu: Ingonyama yamaZulu and Isilo Samabandla or simply Ingonyama and Isilo) is the ceremonial figurehead of the province and the paramount leader of the Zulu people and head of the Zulu royal family. [25]
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (27 July 1948 – 12 March 2021) [2] was the King of the Zulu nation from 1968 to his death in 2021.. He became King on the death of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu, in 1968 aged 20 years.
After a traditional upbringing in the Swazi royal family, the princess was betrothed to King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu Nation in 1973. At the time of their betrothal, she was a member of the royal family of a sovereign state. Her intended husband was a chief recognised by the South African government as the traditional authority of Zululand.
Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (/ ˌ m æ ŋ ɡ oʊ ˈ s uː t uː ˈ ɡ æ tʃ ə ˌ b ʊ t ə ˈ l eɪ z i /; [3] 27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu prince who served as the traditional prime minister to the Zulu royal family from 1954 until his death in 2023.