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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 1820, King Moshoeshoe became the king of the Basotho Nation, who had fallen under his centralized authority due to competition for resources, which was intensified by a drought. [ 1 ] Morena e Moholo (the Great King), as he was called by his Basotho Nation, owned larger areas of Free State and accommodated the different ethnic groups of the ...
House of Moshoeshoe: Letsie III (1st reign) 17 July 1963 (age 61) 12 November 1990: 25 January 1995 [b] (4 years, 74 days) Son of Moshoeshoe II: House of Moshoeshoe: Moshoeshoe II (2nd reign) 2 May 1938 – 15 January 1996 (aged 57) 25 January 1995: 15 January 1996† (355 days) Son of Simon Seeiso Griffith: House of Moshoeshoe
In 1992, Moshoeshoe II returned to Lesotho as a regular citizen until 1995 when King Letsie abdicated the throne in favor of his father. After Moshoeshoe II died in a car accident in 1996, King Letsie III ascended to the throne again. In 1993, a new constitution was implemented leaving the King without any executive authority and proscribing ...
Paulus Mopeli Mokhachane (1810–1897) was an African military leader. He was half-brother to King Moshoeshoe I.He was instrumental during the wars between the Basotho and the Boers.
King Moshoeshoe dies died on 11 March 1870. [24] On 3 November 1871, Basutoland was annexed to the Cape Colony. [ 24 ] On 23 November 1872, responsible government was established at Cape Town.
Moshoeshoe was born with the name Constantine Bereng Seeiso and was the descendant of the founder of the nation, Moshoeshoe I, which is where he got his royal name. [3] The young Seeiso was educated at the Roma College in Lesotho, then (apparently fleeing rumours that his stepfather planned to poison him) was sent to England, first to Ampleforth College and later to Corpus Christi College ...
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.