King Gcaleka KaPhalo (Born:1728-Died:1779) was the King of AmaXhosa Nation from 1755 to 1779. The third son of King Phalo kaTshiwo, he became King of the AmaXhosa Nation in 1755 right after his father died. King Gcaleka KaPhalo had 3 known sons, King Khawuta kaGcaleka (1761), Prince Velelo kaGcaleka and Prince Nqoko kaGcaleka.
King Gcaleka KaPhalo faced tried to usurp his father's rule and interclan war broke out resulting in the Xhosa nation to split into two major sub-groups: the AmaXhosa of Rarabe and AmaXhosa of Gcaleka. To this day the AmaGcaleka lineage is recognised as the Royal house of the AmaXhosa nation.[1]
King Gcaleka kaPhalo he was succeeded by King Khawuta kaGcaleka.
Other sources state he became King in 1750 and died in 1778.
house of Phalo. The Gcaleka House was founded by GcalekakaPhalo, who became King of the Xhosa nation in 1775 and young brother of Rarabe kaPhalo. The Xhosa...
Known sons Prince Langa kaPhalo (1705), Prince Rarabe kaPhalo (1722), King GcalekakaPhalo (whose mother, Queen Thandela KaPhahlo, was the daughter of...
King Khawuta KaGcaleka was the eldest son of King GcalekakaPhalo children. King Khawuta KaGcaleka had three Known sons, Prince Bhurhu kaKhawuta (1785)...
(Born:1702-Died:1755) [Reigned:1728 Till 1755] Prince GcalekaKaPhalo & Prince Rharhabe KaPhalo. It was during King Phalo's rule that the Ama-Xhosa nation officially...
the third son of King Gcaleka kaPhalo and took over the throne as regent when his oldest brother King Khawuta kaGcaleka died in 1804 and served until...
the Gcaleka, which is the great house of Phalo. The Rharhabe house was founded by Xhosa warrior Rarabe, who was the older brother of GcalekakaPhalo. The...
[original research?] Hintsa was the son of Khawuta kaGcaleka. His father was the eldest son of GcalekakaPhalo. His mother Nobutho is said to be a daughter...
has two independent kingships, with the Gcaleka Xhosa, being the senior branch as the Great House of King PhalokaTshiwo and the Rharhabe Xhosa, the junior...
Rarabe kaPhalo (1773–1787) Mlawu kaRarabe, (he never became a King because he died before his father) Ndlambe kaRarabe, Regent (1787–1797) Ngqika kaMlawu...
Thandela, married into the AmaXhosa Nation King Phalo and was the mother of King Gcaleka. Prince Gcaleka later became the King of the Xhosas. Not much is...
King Vulikhaya kaXolilizwe (Ahlangene Cyprian Sigcawu) is the King of Xhosa people. He was born in 1970 in Nqadu Great Place in Willowvale by King Xolilizwe...
which is now split between the amaGcaleka and the amaRharhabe Xhosa branches. According to Xhosa tradition, King Phalo had intended to marry two royal brides...
Nowisile, the wife of the young Falo Mgudlwa and the daughter of the Gcaleka King Sarili kaHintsa. He instructed that his one son Pafulu was to receive a full...
King Zwelonke kaXolilizwe (Mpendulo Calvin Sigcawu; 4 April 1968 – 14 November 2019) was a South African royal and King of the Xhosa people. He became...
Mgudlwa kaJumba ("Mgudlwa son-of-Jumba"). Mgudlwa led his people to settle at Qhumanco, in agreement with the Qwathi Chief Dalasile of the royal Gcaleka house...
Seziwe Ndamase married July 1979) Prince Nondoda Sigcawu Princess NomaGcaleka Sigcawu King Xolilizwe died on the 31 December 2005 at No 1 Military Hospital...
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