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Moshoeshoe I (/ m ʊ ˈ ʃ w ɛ ʃ w ɛ /) (c. 1786 – 11 March 1870) was the first king of Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, a branch of the Koena (crocodile) clan. In his youth, he helped his father gain power over some other smaller clans. At the age of 34 Moshoeshoe formed his own clan ...
In February 1869, the British and the Boers agreed to the Convention of Aliwal North, which defined the boundaries of the protectorate. [10] The arable land west of the Caledon River remained in Boer's hands and is referred to as the Lost or Conquered Territory. Moshoeshoe died in 1870 and was buried atop Thaba Bosiu.
Thaba Bosiu is a constituency and sandstone plateau with an area of approximately 2 km 2 (0.77 sq mi) and a height of 1,804 meters above sea level. It is located between the Orange and Caledon Rivers in the Maseru District of Lesotho, 24 km east of the country's capital Maseru. [1]
Lesotho was created by the settlers in the 1869 Convention of Aliwal North following the conflict over land with Moshoeshoe I, the king of the Southern Sothos. The Southern Sotho of Lesotho's identity emerged from the creation of Lesotho by the British after the Boers defeated Moshoeshoe I in the Third Basotho War in 1868 and he asked the ...
Moshoeshoe was then compelled to accept the peace of Thaba Bosiu on 11 April 1866, due to the exhaustion of Basotho food supplies. Moshoeshoe's son Molapo had also allegedly concluded a separate peace treaty. [3] Moshoeshoe then renewed entreaties for British protection after a short armistice.
Moshoeshoe may refer to: Moshoeshoe I (c. 1776-1870), paramount chief of southern Sotho; founder of Basuto kingdom (later Basutoland, then Lesotho)
Letsie I Moshoeshoe of Lesotho [1] (c. 1811 – 20 November 1891) was the paramount chief of Basotho (modern Lesotho) from 1870 to November 20, 1891. [2] Regnal titles
The Battle of Berea was a battle between British forces under Sir George Cathcart and Basuto-Taung forces under King Moshoeshoe I that took place on 20 December 1852. The battle began when British forces broke into three columns and crossed the Caledon River in southern Africa, with the goal of seizing Basuto cattle as a form of punishment for past Basuto cattle raiding.