LIST OF ZULU KINGS

This 'List of Zulu kings' gives a list of Zulu chieftains and kings from their earliest known history up to the current monarch:

★ Mnguni

★ Nkosinkulu

★ Mdlani

★ Luzumana

★ Malandela kaLuzumana, son of Luzumana

★ Ntombela kaMalandela, son of Malandela.

★ Zulu kaNtombela, son of Ntombela, founder and chief of the Zulu clan from ca. 1709.

★ Gumede kaZulu, son of Zulu, chief of the Zulu clan.

★ Phunga kaGumede (d. 1727), son of Gumede, chief of the Zulu clan up to 1727.

★ Mageba kaGumede (d. 1745), son of Gumede and brother of Phunga, chief of the Zulu clan from 1727 to 1745.

★ Ndaba kaMageba (d. 1763), son of Mageba, chief of the Zulu clan from 1745 to 1763.

★ Jama kaNdaba (d. 1781), son of Ndaba, chief of the Zulu clan from 1763 to 1781.

★ Senzangakhona kaJama (ca. 1762-1816), son of Jama, chief of the Zulu clan from 1781 to 1816.

★ Shaka kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1787-1828), son of Senzangakona, king from 1816 to 1828.

★ Dingane kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1795-1840), son of Senzangakhona and half-brother of Shaka, king from 1828 to 1840.

★ Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798-1872), son of Senzangakhona and half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, king from 1840 to 1872.

★ Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826 - February 1884), son of Mpande, king from 1872 to 1884.

★ Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868-1913), son of Cetshwayo kaMpande, king from 1884 to 1913.

★ Solomon kaDinuzulu (1891-1933), son of Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, king from 1913 to 1933.

★ Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon (4 August 1924-17 September 1968), son of Solomon kaDinuzulu, king from 1948 to 1968.

★ Goodwill Zwelethini kaBhekuzulu (b. 14 July 1948), son of Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon, king since 1971.