For the early king of Swaziland named Sobhuza, see Sobhuza I.
Sobhuza II
Ngwenyama
Sobhuza II in 1945
King of Swaziland
Reign
10 December 1899 – 21 August 1982
Coronation
22 December 1921
Predecessor
Ngwane V
Successor
Mswati III
Born
(1899-07-22)22 July 1899 Zombodze, Swaziland (now Eswatini)
Died
21 August 1982(1982-08-21) (aged 83) Mbabane, Swaziland
Spouse
70 wives (including Ntfombi Tfwala)
Issue
210 children (including Mswati III)
House
House of Dlamini
Father
Ngwane V
Mother
Lomawa Ndwandwe
Sobhuza II, KBE (Swazi:[sɔbʱuzʱa]; also known as Nkhotfotjeni, Mona;[1][2] 22 July 1899 – 21 August 1982), was Ngwenyama (King) of Swaziland (now Eswatini) for 82 years and 254 days, the longest verifiable reign of any monarch in recorded history.
Sobhuza was born on 22 July 1899 at Zombodze Royal Residence, the son of Inkhosikati Lomawa Ndwandwe and King Ngwane V. When he was only four months old, his father died suddenly while dancing incwala. Sobhuza was chosen king soon after that and his grandmother Labotsibeni and his uncle Prince Malunge led the Swazi nation until his maturity in 1921.[3] Sobhuza was acknowledged as King by the British in 1967, and Swaziland achieved independence in 1968. Sobhuza continued to reign until his death in 1982. He was succeeded by Mswati III, his young son with Inkhosikati Ntfombi Tfwala, who was crowned in 1986.
^SNTC. "CULTURAL RESOURCES: King Sobhuza II". Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^Kuper, Hilda (1986). The Swazi: A South African Kingdom (2nd ed.). CBS College Publishing. p. 15.
^Platter, John (13 August 1979). "Long Live the King: Sobhuza II of Swaziland Looks Back on 80 Years and 100 Wives". People. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
SobhuzaII, KBE (Swazi: [sɔbʱuzʱa]; also known as Nkhotfotjeni, Mona; 22 July 1899 – 21 August 1982), was Ngwenyama (King) of Swaziland (now Eswatini)...
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prosecution. He was born in Manzini in the Protectorate of Swaziland to King SobhuzaII and one of his younger wives, Ntfombi Tfwala. He was crowned as Mswati...
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III. Ntfombi married King SobhuzaII of Swaziland, with whom she had a son, Prince Makhosetive Dlamini. In 1982 King Sobhuza designated another of his...
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mother) of Swaziland, the wife of King Ngwane V, and the mother of King SobhuzaII. Ndwandwe, of the Esikoteni branch of the Ndwandwe clan, was born to Chief...
was suspended by King SobhuzaII who thereafter ruled the country by decree until his death in 1982. At that point, SobhuzaII had been king of Swaziland...
cinemas for 100 days, and beyond. The longest reigning monarch in history, SobhuzaII of Swaziland, celebrated his (60 year) diamond jubilee in 1981, dating...
independence from the British Empire one month before. The design by King SobhuzaII features a black and white shield, with a staff and two spears, on a field...
been very influential during his reign continued as queen regent until Sobhuza was crowned in 1921. Ngwane's reign gave way to a stable territory surrounded...
troops during the war. World War II was also responsible for several important domestic developments in Eswatini. SobhuzaII, the King of Eswatini at the...
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Eswatini between 21 August 1982 and 9 August 1983. She was a wife of king SobhuzaII of Eswatini, and with him had one child, Prince Khuzulwandle Dlamini....
who ascended to the throne in 1986 after the death of his father King SobhuzaII in 1982 and a period of regency. According to the constitution of Eswatini...
hundred blood-related uncles and aunts through her grandfather, King SobhuzaII, who had seventy wives and two hundred and one children. She is also one...
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him. He was buried at the royal burial site at Mbilaneni where Mswati II and Sobhuza I had been buried. Mbandzeni like other Swazi kings before him had many...
or aluminum wheel covers. For 1996, the LeSabre received the 3800 Series II powerplant, with a gain of 35 hp (26 kW). The engine increased fuel economy...
Ricans. In exchange for greater Swazi autonomy from the British, King SobhuzaII gathered a few thousand Swazi volunteers to fight with the Allies in the...
office 1 Alfonso XIII King of Spain 1886 0 days 2 SobhuzaII King of Swaziland 1899 141 days 3 Fuad II King of Egypt 1952 192 days 4 Puyi Emperor of China...
Authorized Person of Swaziland from 1982 to 1985 after the death of King SobhuzaII, and in 1983 was briefly the acting Regent of the country, after he deposed...
local government elections. This governing system was designed by King SobhuzaII with the assistance of political scholars and lawyers. It came to effect...
Ngwenyama is also sometimes believed to be the cause of violent rain. SobhuzaII played an important role in the modernization of Eswatini. In the past...
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