LaMgangeni Khumalo
| LaMgangeni Khumalo | |
|---|---|
| Ndlovukati of Swaziland | |
| Reign | 1875 |
| Predecessor | Tsandzile Ndwandwe[1] |
| Successor | Tibati Nkambule[1] |
| Born | Sisile Khumalo |
| Died | 1875 |
| Issue | Ludvonga |
| Father | Mgangeni Khumalo |
Sisile Khumalo, better known as LaMgangeni (died 1875), was Ndlovukati (queen mother) of Swaziland during the reign of King Mbandzeni.[1] Her son, Ludvonga, died poisoning without heirs in 1872 and was never made king.[1]
Khumalo was influential in the choice of Mbandzeni (later King Dlamini IV) as successor to King Mswati II.[2]
Biography
Sisile was chosen by King Mswati II from amongst Mgangeni Khumalo's girls. She gave birth to Ludvonga. When Mswati died in 1868, Ludvonga was chosen to be the King of Eswatini at the age of 17. The Crown Prince Ludvonga married Mdvumo Mthimkhulu and soon after that Ludvonga passed away without a child.
Sisile, or LaMgangeni, who only had Ludvonga, was requested by the council of elders to choose one of Mswati's sons for the throne and LaMgangeni chose Mbandzeni, a son of Nandzi Nkambule (one of Mswati's wives who died when Mbandzeni was very young).[3]
During this period, LaMgangeni served as the Queen Mother of Eswatini. One-day, LaMgangeni discovered that Mbandzeni was in love with Mdvumo, her late son's wife, and LaMgangeni became angry and confronted Mbandzeni about it. Months later Mdvumo became pregnant by Mbandzeni and gave birth to a son named Mdzabuko who ironically became LaMgangeni's favourite. The young Mdzabuko was seen as the rightful heir of the kingdom and he soon died. Following the death,, LaMgangeni allegedly spread rumours that Mbandzeni was behind the child's death and a decision was taken to put her to death. She was killed and replaced as the Queen Mother by Tibati Nkambule, the sister of Mbandzeni's mother.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Siyinqaba (1984). "The Swazi Monarchy" (PDF). Africa Insight. 14 (1): 14–16.
- ^ Gillis, D. Hugh (1999). The Kingdom of Swaziland: Studies in Political History. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 25, 26, 66. ISBN 9780313306709.
- ^ a b Matsebula, JSM (1988): History of Swaziland, 3rd Ed. Longman Penguin Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. Pages 16, 49, 61-2, 70 and 73. ISBN 9780582031678