27 February 1636; 388 years ago (27 February 1636)
Founder
Álvaro V
Final ruler
Pedro V
Titles
List
King of Kongo
King of Loango
King of Kakongo
King of Ngoyo
King on this side of the Zaire and beyond it
King of Nkondo
King of Mbamba-Lovata
Lord of the Ambundu
Lord of Angola
Lord of Aquisima
Lord of Musuru
Lord of Matamba
Lord of Malilu
Lord of Musuko
Lord of Anzizo
Lord of the conquest of Pangu-Alumbu
Deposition
1764
The Kimpanzu were members of the Mpanzu kanda also known as the House of Kimpanzu, one of the lineages from which the kings of Kongo were chosen during the 17th century and following Kongo's reunification under Pedro IV. They are remembered in tradition and are evoked in a proverb, still current in the 1920s Nkutama a mvila za makanda "Kinlaza, Kimpanzu ye Kinlaza makukwa matatu malambila Kongo" (Kinkanga, Kimpanzu and Kinlaza are the three stones on which Kongo cooked).
The Kimpanzu were members of the Mpanzu kanda also known as the House of Kimpanzu, one of the lineages from which the kings of Kongo were chosen during...
Garcia I. Garcia never held power strongly, and the Kimpanzu returned to power under Ambrosio I. Kimpanzu domination ended in 1641 when two brothers Álvaro...
centuries pitting partisans of the House of Kinlaza against the House of Kimpanzu. Numerous other factions entered the fray claiming descent from one or...
was one of the main factions during the Kongo Civil War along with the Kimpanzu and Kinkanga a Mvika kandas. They are remembered in tradition and are evoked...
king was successfully restored only to be later poisoned by Alvaro V, a Kimpanzu.[citation needed] After waging a second war against his cousins, Nimi a...
period of "rotating lineages" as planned by his predecessor and was of the Kimpanzu. He had once fought against Pedro during the recapture of São Salvador...
Political Power", page 445. The Journal of African History, Vol. 47, 2006 Kingdom of Kongo Kimpanzu Kinkanga Kongo Civil War List of rulers of Kongo v t e...
of Kinlaza. Since 1666, the two royal kandas, or lineages, Kinlaza and Kimpanzu had been fighting bitterly over the Kingdom of Kongo. In 1669, Pedro III...
Aladaxonou House of Ntwero Njoya House of Kinkanga House of Kilukeni House of Kimpanzu House of Kwilu Oyoko dynasty House of Abaza Muhammad Ali dynasty House...
1920s Nkutama a mvila za makanda "Kinlaza, Kimpanzu ye Kinlaza makukwa matatu malambila Kongo" (Kinkanga, Kimpanzu and Kinlaza are the three stones on which...
List of rulers of Kongo Ruling houses House of Kilukeni House of Kwilu House of Kinkanga/Nsundi House of Kimpanzu House of Kinlaza House of Água Rosada...
Ana Afonso de Leão, queen of Kinlaza Suzana de Nóbrega [pt], queen of Kimpanzu Soukda, founder of Mandara Kingdom (reigned c. 1500) Ngoungoure, queen...
kanda (1626–1636) Ambrósio I of Kongo Álvaro IV of Kongo Awenekongo of the Kimpanzu kanda (1636) Álvaro V of Kongo Awenekongo of the Kinlaza kanda (1636–1665)...
List of rulers of Kongo Ruling houses House of Kilukeni House of Kwilu House of Kinkanga/Nsundi House of Kimpanzu House of Kinlaza House of Água Rosada...
AD 1764–1787, AD 1842–1857, AD 1859–1891) – Kingdom of Kongo House of Kimpanzu (AD 1665, AD 1666–1669, AD 1669–1670, AD 1673–1715, AD 1718–1743, AD 1752–1758...
which had ruled under the dead king, and the House of Kimpanzu. Soyo, home to many Kimpanzu partisans, was eager to take advantage of the chaos. Within...
Misaki mia Nimi was the ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo as a member of the Kimpanzu house from 1752 until sometime after 1758, during the rotating houses period...
politics during and after Garcia II's reign, especially as defenders of the Kimpanzu branch of the family. Counts of Soyo protected them and gave them refuge...
was a member of the more Soyo sympathetic House of Kimpanzu. However even the nobles of Kimpanzu had grown resentful of Soyo interfering in Kongo affairs...
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