LetsieIMoshoeshoeofLesotho (c. 1811 – 20 November 1891) was the paramount chief of Basotho (modern Lesotho) from 1870 to November 20, 1891. "Kingdoms...
MoshoeshoeI (/mʊˈʃwɛʃwɛ/) (c. 1786 – 11 March 1870) was the first king ofLesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli...
Britain in 1966. He was King ofLesotho from 1966 until his exile in 1990, and from 1995 until his death in 1996. Moshoeshoe was born with the name Constantine...
Letsie III (born Mohato Bereng Seeiso; 17 July 1963) is King ofLesotho. He succeeded his father, Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile...
with English. The name Lesotho translates to "land of the Sesotho speakers". Lesotho was formed in 1824 by King MoshoeshoeI. Continuous encroachments...
Lesotho) Moshoeshoe II ofLesotho (1938-1996), king ofLesothoLetsieIMoshoeshoeofLesotho (1811-1891), paramount chief of Basotho (modern Lesotho) 1870-1891...
II returned to Lesotho as a regular citizen until 1995 when King Letsie abdicated the throne in favor of his father. After Moshoeshoe II died in a car...
Bereng Seeiso ofLesotho, Principal Chief of Matsieng (born 16 April 1966) is the younger brother ofLesotho's King Letsie III, and son of the Southern...
Majesty Letsie III, is in the middle, his father King Moshoeshoe II is on the left, and the founder of the Basotho nation, King MoshoeshoeI, on the right...
Lerotholi Letsie (c. 1836–1905) was the paramount chief of Basotho (modern Lesotho) from November 20, 1891 to August 19, 1905. Letsie is one of the chiefs...
The Southern Sotho ofLesotho's identity emerged from the creation ofLesotho by the British after the Boers defeated MoshoeshoeI in the Third Basotho...
crown colony and a protectorate. LetsieI, who succeeded Moshoeshoe in 1870, viewed the annexation as merely a treaty of alliance and protection. Basuto...
be a royal dominion on 12 March 1868. Following Moshoeshoe's death in 1870, he was succeeded by LetsieI. It is believed that Masopha was planning to establish...
chief of Basutoland from 23 June 1939 until his death. He was the father of king Moshoeshoe II ofLesotho and the paternal grandfather of king Letsie III...
Letsie II Lerotholi (Letsienyane) (1867–1913), paramount chief of Basuto (later Lesotho) from 1905 to 1913. Letsienyane was the son of Lerotholi. He became...
renamed the Kingdom ofLesotho. Between 1856 and 1868 the Basotho engaged in conflict with the Orange Free State. Their king, MoshoeshoeI, sought British...
This is a list of wars involving Lesotho and its processing states. Sanders, Peter (1975). Moshoeshoe, chief of the Sotho. Heinemann. pp. 171–174. ISBN 978-0435327934...
refused to help the Cape Government. However, Letsie, the paramount chief and first son ofMoshoeshoe, and many of the Sotho ruling establishment, rallied to...
(since 1986) Head of government: Prime Minister: Cleopas Dlamini (since 2021) Lesotho Chief of state: King: Letsie III (since 1996) Head of government: Prime...
King Letsie III ofLesotho (born 1963), King ofLesotho (1990–95, 1996–present) Paul Moore, (born 1958), whistleblower sacked from HBOS King Moshoeshoe II...
in 1975. King Moshoeshoe II was deposed in 1990 and reinstated in 1995. King Letsie III took the throne upon his father's, Moshoeshoe II, deposition...
other areas of southern Africa such as Zimbabwe and Botswana. March 11 – Anniversary of the death of King MoshoeshoeI, Public holidays in Lesotho. March 22...
therefore he had to become king in order to abdicate. "King Letsie III Bio | Help Lesotho". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 12...
elective monarchy. The current monarchy was established in 1824 when MoshoeshoeI, a tribal chieftain, united warring tribes into the Basotho kingdom....
Maluti Sky was an airline based at MoshoeshoeI International Airport in Maseru, the capital ofLesotho. It offered scheduled and charter flights. The...
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