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Ndvungunye

d. c. 1815 · 19th century

Ndvungunye was a king of the Dlamini-led chiefdom that became the Swazi Kingdom, succeeding his father Ngwane III and ruling in the region of the Pongola river in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His chiefdom remained small among the competing Nguni chiefdoms of the area. He died about 1815 and was succeeded by his son Sobhuza I.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ndvungunye. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ndvungunye
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