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The Xhosa nation has two independent kingships, with the Gcaleka Xhosa, being the senior branch as the Great House of King Phalo kaTshiwo and the Rharhabe Xhosa, the junior branch as the Right Hand House of King Phalo kaTshiwo. King Ahlangene Sigcawu Aa! Vulikhaya!, King of all amaXhosa and leader of amaGcaleka, Nqadu Great Place, Willowvale
They trace their ancestry back to Xhosa, a mythical figure who led the Nguni clans to near the Mzimkulu river, conquering and displacing the local Khoi clans resident. The first rulers of a unified Xhosa federation were the amaTshawe clan who conquered neighbouring Nguni chiefdoms to form the first Xhosa Federation.
This is a list of the paramounts of the Xhosa of the Eastern Cape province in modern South Africa. King Ngconde KaTogu (Reigned-From:1648 Till 1681) King Tshiwo KaNgconde (Reigned-From:1681 Till 1702) Regency-King Mdange KaNgconde (Held-Power-From:1702 Till 1728) King Phalo KaTshiwo (Reigned-From:1728 Till 1755) Chief Rarabe kaPhalo
King Maxhoba Sandile, Aa! Zanesizwe! - King of the Rharhabe sub-group of the Xhosa nation in Mngqesha Great Palace, King William's Town. King Zwelonke Sigcawu, Aa! Zwelonke! - King of the Xhosa nation in Nqadu Great Palace, Willowvale. King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, Aa! Zwelibanzi! - King of the abaThembu in Bumbane Great Place, Mthatha.
Ngqika ka Mlawu was the first chief of the Ngqika and the third paramount chief of the Rharhabe Xhosas. He had nine wives. The clan was named after him when his grandfather (Rharhabe, the founder of the sub-group) and father (Mlawu, who was to be the next chief) both died in 1782. Ngqika, at only four years old, was too young to rule.
This is a list of the paramounts of the Xhosa of the Eastern Cape province in modern South Africa. King Ngconde KaTogu (Reigned-From:1648 Till 1681) King Tshiwo KaNgconde (Reigned-From:1681 Till 1702) Regency-King Mdange KaNgconde (Held-Power-From:1702 Till 1728) King Phalo KaTshiwo (Reigned-From:1728 Till 1755) {=Main-House-Branch=} King ...
King Mgolombane Sandile (right), with councillors. He was born at Burnshill in 1820, at which time the Xhosa lands were still independent. His father Ngqika (after whom the entire Ngqika clan of Xhosa were named) died in 1829 while Sandile was still quite young and Maqoma, Sandile’s brother, acted as Regent until 1872 when Sandile was installed as King.
The Xhosa clan name of the Thembu kings is Ntlazi aNkosiyane. [10] [better source needed] Recent kings, Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo including Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo, took the surname Dalindyebo, after a 19th-century king. After the conquest, the Thembu came under the government of the Cape Colony as part of Transkei.