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The Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo Dya Ntotila [6] [7] [8] or Wene wa Kongo; [9] Portuguese: Reino do Congo) was a kingdom in Central Africa.It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [10] southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. [11]
Kongo Portugal: Commanders and leaders; King António I of Kongo † Aqualtune (POW) Captain Luís Lopes de Sequeira: Strength; 21,900–29,000: 14,150–14,500 2 artillery pieces: Casualties and losses; 5,000 men killed or captured including the King, his two sons, his two nephews, four governors, various court officials, 95 title holders and ...
6 Manikongo. He was the son of his predecessor and the first true Catholic king of Kongo. After him every king was Catholic. Granted a coat of arms. Kilukeni: Pedro I Nkanga a Mvemba: 1478–1566 (aged 87/88) 1542/43: 1545: 7 Manikongo. He was the son of his predecessor, but a member of a different Kanda (the House of Kibala). [19] Kilukeni ...
Garcia II Nkanga a Lukeni a Nzenze a Ntumba, also known as Garcia Afonso for short, [1] ruled the Kingdom of Kongo from 23 January 1641 to 1661. He is sometimes considered Kongo's greatest king for his religious piety and his near expulsion of the Portuguese from Angola.
Afonso and the king of Portugal established a shared monopoly on trade in the "Five Rivers of Guinea" – modern day Benin and the Niger Delta. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Trade between Portugal and Kongo continued as Portugal continuously expanded into the area; most notably, the establishment of a Portuguese colony on the island of São Tomé led to an ...
The Kinkanga, usually known as the Kinkanga a Mvika or House of Nsundi, was a royal kanda formed by King Pedro II, which ruled the Kingdom of Kongo from 1622 to 1631. While King Pedro II (ruled 1622–24) and his son Garcia I (ruled 1624–1626) were the only other member of the faction or kanda to rule, it retained powerful members in provincial offices in the 1650s until its destruction in ...
The kingdom of Kongo appeared to become receptive of the new traders, allowed them to settle an uninhabited nearby island called São Tomé, and sent Bakongo nobles to visit the royal court in Portugal. [26] Other than the king himself, much of the Kongo people's nobility welcomed the cultural exchange, the Christian missionaries converted them ...
Despite initial successes, Paulo Dias de Novais soon faced problems such as diseases, harsh weather, and resistance from local leaders. Father Barreira in Luanda, upon learning of the governor's difficulties, set out on his way to the capital of the Kongo on September 24, 1580, to remind the king's promise and to hasten the arrival of his help.