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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 .
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.
Zulu: Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon 4 August 1924 – 17 September 1968 (aged 44) 27 August 1948: 17 September 1968: Son of Solomon kaDinuzulu: Zulu: Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu 14 July 1948 – 12 March 2021 (aged 72) 17 September 1968: 12 March 2021: Son of Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon: Zulu: Misuzulu Zulu kaZwelithini
In 2022, he oversaw the installation of Misuzulu as the new king of the Zulu nation amid fierce, internal disputes within the Zulu royal family about who was the rightful heir to the throne.
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]
King Misuzulu Zulu (by Ndlunkulu Mantfombi), born 23 September 1974 in Kwahlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal, with a degree in International Studies from Jacksonville, Florida, King of Zulu from 7 May 2021. [23] He is married and has two children with his wife. Educated at St. Charles College, Pietermaritzburg
KwaZulu-Natal is the home to the Zulu monarch, currently King Misuzulu Zulu kaZwelithini. As of 2015, the King of the Zulu Nation is provided a stipend of 54 million South African rands by the provincial government. [17] He is also the chairman of the Ingonyama Trust, which controls 32% of the area of the province.