For the later king of Swaziland named Ngwane, see Ngwane V.
Ngwane III
King of Swaziland
Reign
1745 – 1780
Coronation
~1745
Predecessor
Dlamini III
Successor
Ndvungunye
Born
early 1700s
Died
1780 Shiselweni
Issue
Ndvungunye
House
House of Dlamini
Father
Dlamini III
Mother
LaYaka Ndwandwe
Ngwane III was King of kaNgwane from 1745 to 1780. He is considered to be the first King of modern Eswatini.[1] For his name the people were called bakaNgwane and the country was called kaNgwane or lakaNgwane. Ngwane was the son of Dlamini III and Queen LaYaka Ndwandwe.[2]
Dlamini was succeeded by Ngwane III his son with Queen LaYaka Ndwandwe.[2] He took over the Dlamini chieftaincy
and established settlements south of the Pongola River, later moving them to the north of the river banks.[1] This makes Ngwane and his followers the founders of modern Swaziland.[1]
Ngwane ruled his Kingdom from the south east of Swaziland in the present Shiselweni district and his headquarters were called Zombodze at the foot of the Mhlosheni hills.[1]
It was at Zombodze that the Nguni ceremony incwala was celebrated for the first time.
^ abcdGillis, Hugh (1999). The Kingdom of Swaziland: Studies in Political History. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313306702.
^ abBonner, Philip (1982). Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires. Great Britain: Cambridge University Press. pp. 9–27. ISBN 0521242703.
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