List of Ngolas of Ndongo

The following is an incomplete List of Ngolas of the Kingdom of Ndongo, a pre-colonial West−Central African state in what is now Angola.

The full title of those who ruled over the Northern Mbundu Kingdom of Ndongo was Ngola a Kilanje. The kingdom was south of Kingdom of Kongo. The last ruling dynasty moved east to the nearby Kingdom of Matamba, and continued independently until 1741.

Rulers of Ndongo as a BaKongo Tributary

  • King Ngola-a-Nzinga (ruled c.1358)
  • King Ngola Kiluanji Kia Samba (c. 1515–1556)

Rulers of Ndongo as an Independent State

  • King Ndambi a Ngola (1556 – 1561)
  • King Ngola Kiluanji kia Ndambi (1561 - 1575)
  • King Ngola Kilombo kia Kasenda (1575 – 1592)
  • King Mbandi a Ngola (1592-1617)
  • King Ngola Mbandi (1617-1624)
  • Queen Ana de Sousa Nzingha Mbande (ruled 1624-1626)

Rulers of Ndongo under Portuguese Vassalage

  • King Hari a Kiluanje (ruled 1626)
  • King Ngola Hari (ruled 1626-1657)

Rulers of Ndongo-Matamba

Rulers of the state of Pungo a Ndongo

See also

  • Matamban and Ndongo monarchs
  • Former monarchies of Africa
  • Portuguese Angola
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