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LOZI

(BAROTSELAND)

GENEALOGY

Nyambe. "Maker of the world, the forests, the river, the plains, all the animals, birds and fish". m. (first) Nasilele. m. (second) Mwambwa. m. (third) Mbuymamwambwa, a daughter of his second wife, Mwambwa, who had issue (probably by several different husbands):

1) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Yeta I, Litunga of the Lozi (s/o Mwambwa) - see below.
2) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Inyambo, Litunga of the Lozi (s/o Mbuymamwambwa) - see below.
3) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga, Litunga of the Lozi (s/o Mbuymamwambwa) - see below.
4) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwanambinyi (s/o Mbuymamwambwa). He established a principality of his own, by conquering the Mutemwa and Mambukushu. Defeated and killed by his brother, Litunga Ngalama. He had issue:
- a) Chief Mulia. Fled after the death of his father, to Lui and then to Mutondo, eventually settling in the Garanganza country, where he d. having had issue:
  - i) Chief Mwenda, who had issue:
    - (1) Leiwali.
  - i) A daughter. m. Chief Kaingu.
- a) A daughter. m. Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Ngalama, Litunga of the Lozi, son of her uncle, Prince Ingulamwa, Chief of Mokola.
5) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Ingulamwa, Chief of Mokola (s/o Mbuymamwambwa). He had issue, a son:
- a) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Ngalama, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
6) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwannawina.
7) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Semunyi.
8) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Siokanalinanga [Soke], Chief of Lukulu and Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwito.
9) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sikena.
10) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Ingutu.
1) Princess Mbowanjikana (d/o Mbuymamwambwa).
2) Princess Mwikwaninge (d/o Mbuymamwambwa).
3) Princess Namakau (d/o Mbuymamwambwa).
4) Princess Nadatindi.
5) Princess Imafua.
6) Princess Nolea. She d. at Mabumbu (bur. there), having had issue, a son:
- a) Mange, Chief of Bukwanga. He committed suicide by drowning in Makapaela Lake.

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga, Litunga of the Lozi, younger son of Nyambe, by his third wife, Mbuymamwambwa, Mboo, a daughter of Mwambwa. Chosen as the first male ruler of the Lozi. Extended his realm by conquering the ba-Mishulundu, ba-Namale, ba-Mulinga, ba-Upangoma, ba-Liuwa, ba-Muenyi and the Mambowe. m. Malundwelo, Mboo. He d. at Ikatulamwa (bur. there).

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Inyambo, Litunga of the Lozi, elder son of Nyambe, by his third wife, Mbuymamwambwa, Mboo, a daughter of Mwambwa. Succeeded on the death of his brother. m. several wives, including (first) Linalinga Namwele. m. (second) Maondo, Mboo. He d. at Liondo (bur. there), having had issue:

1) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Numwa (s/o Namwele).

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Yeta I, Litunga of the Lozi, son of Nyambe, by his second wife, Linalinga Mwambwa. Succeeded on the death of his younger brother, and maternal nephew. m. Namabanda, Mboo. He d. at Namanda (bur. there).

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Ngalama, Litunga of the Lozi, son of Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Ingulamwa, Chief of Mokola. Adopted by his paternal uncle, Litunga Inyambo. Succeeded on the death of his uncle, Litunga Yeta I. m. including (a) Ikoma, Mboo. m. (b) a daughter of his uncle, Prince Mwanambinyi. He d. at Kwandu, (bur. there), having had issue, several sons who were killed at birth, save:

1) A son, suffocated to death at Usha, by Mange, Chief of Bukwanga.
2) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Yeta II Nalute, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
3) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Ngombala, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Yeta II Nalute, Litunga of the Lozi, second son of Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Ngalama, Litunga of the Lozi. Exiled at the Mashi, together with his mother, during his father's lifetime. Captured and sold into slavery, but returned to Barotseland, after his father's death. He was k. (drowned) by his people for cannibalism (bur. Nandopu).

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Ngombala, Litunga of the Lozi, younger son of Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Ngalama, Litunga of the Lozi. Adopted by Induna Imamba, the fishing Induna. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother. m. (first) Linalinga Notulu (starved to death, by Litunga Mwananyanda Liwale), daughter of Induna Mwiyawamatende, cdr. of the Litung's boats. m. (second) Matondo, Mboo. He d. at N'gundu (bur. there), having had issue, a son and a daughter:

1) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mbanga, 1^st Chief of Nalolo (s/o Notulu). Succeeded on the resignation of his sister. Established his capital at Ikalombwa. Abdicated his rights in favour of his son, Mwanawina I. m. Princess Notulu, not his sister. He d. at Ikatulamwa, during the reign of Mwanawina I (bur. Kambai), having had issue:
- a) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Yubya I, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
- b) Nakambe, 3^rd Chief of Nalolo. Succeeded on the death of his younger brother. He d. at Mwandi (bur. there).
- c) Mwanamalia, 4^th Chief of Nalolo. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother.
- d) Yubya II, 2^nd Chief of Nalolo. Succeeded on the death of his father as Chief of Nalolo. He d. at Ikalombwa (bur. Namayula).
- e) Prince Nakambe.
- f) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanawina I, Litunga of the Lozi (s/o Notulu) - see below.
2) Prince (Mukwai) Notulu, Chief of Libumbwandinde. Resigned in favour of her brother, Mbanga. She had issue:
- a) Chief Mukwangwa. He was k. by his uncle, Mbanga.

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Yubya I, Litunga of the Lozi, eldest son of Prince Mbanga, 1^st Chief of Nalolo. Regent for his grandfather, during his old age. Succeeded on his death. m. Namoyowa ta lole, Mboo. He d. at Namayula (bur. there), having had issue:

1) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Kusiyo, 5^th Chief of Nalolo. Opposed the succession of his cousin, Mulambwa Santulu. He was k. at Namwendwa (bur. Nakaywe).

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanawina I, Litunga of the Lozi, youngest son of Prince Mbanga, 1^st Chief of Nalolo. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother. m. (first) Lienenu, Mboo. m. (second) Linalinga Nolianga (starved to death, by Litunga Mwananyanda Liwale). m. (third) Princess Mbuywana. He d. at the village of the Induna Namoyamba (bur. Lienenu), having had issue:

1) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Yutuluwakaole. Abdicated his rights of succession in favour of his younger brother, but was k. by him, sometime after his accession.
2) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwananyanda Liwale, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
3) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mulambwa Santulu, Litunga of the Lozi, Litunga of the Lozi (s/o Mbuywana) - see below.
4) Sekunyamocha.
5) Mayimbolwa.
6) Sekunyanawilu.
7) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Inyambo.

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwananyanda Liwale, Litunga of the Lozi, second son of Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanawina I, Litunga of the Lozi. Succeeded on the death of his father. An unpopular ruler. He was k. by Mwanamatia, 4^th Chief of Nalolo (bur. Kasiku), having had issue:

1) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwanang'ono. A candidate for the succession after the death of Litunga Selumelume. He k. himself, in the Lovale country.
2) Sanana.

1780 - 1830 Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mulambwa Santulu wa Liala, Litunga of the Lozi, third son of Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanawina I, Litunga of the Lozi, by his wife, Princess Mbuywana. Chief of Lilundu, before his accession. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother. Opposed by Kusiyo, but eventually triumphed after slaying the Nololo. Established his capital at Namuso. He established orchards, tamed and domesticated wild animals and promulgated laws on property and marriage. He d. at Lilundu, in the month of July, ca. 1830 (bur. there), having had issue:

1) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mubukwanu Mulumbwa, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
2) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Namiluko Mulumbwa. He was k. at Kang'oti, by Ngambela Njekwa, 1870, having issue, one son:
- a) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sikufele Namiluko, Chief of Lukwakwa. Cdr. Njeminwa Regt. He was k. in battle against Litunga Lewanika, at Nandati, November 1885, having had issue, two sons:
  - i) Sipopa Sikufele, Chief of Lukwakwa.
  - ii) Sikufele Sikufele, Chief of Lukwakwa. He d. 1916.
3) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Imbua Mulumbwa. Elected as chief by the Barotse exiles in Nyengo. He was k. at Kang'oti, by Ngambela Njekwa, 1870, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
- a) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Akafuna Tatila, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
- b) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Masheke.
- c) Princess (Mukwai) Maibiba I. Installed as Mulena Mukwai of Nololo, September 1884.
- d) Princess (Mukwai) Maibiba II.
4) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Ilukuyi. He had issue:
- a) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sipopa.
- b) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sikufele. He d. 1916.
- c) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Lubita. He was k. during the rebellion, 1885.
- d) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mbelo, who had issue:
  - i) Njamba.
- e) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Akufuna.
5) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Meebelo Ananganga Mulumbwa. He was k. (s.p.) at Linyanti, 1859.
6) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mando. m. (first) Natandi Inonge (m. second, while still pregnant, Prince Litia Mulumbwa). He was k. at Linyanti, 1859, having had issue:
- a) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Lubosi, who succeeded as Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Lewanika la Matunga Mwana Kokoma Milonga [Lubosi I], Litunga of the Lozi and Paramount Chief of Borotseland (s/o Inonge) - see below.
- b) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Muimui Namabanda. Mwana Mulena Kufuna (Marshal of the Princes).
- c) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Nameluko.
7) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Ngela Mulumbwa. He had issue:
- a) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Wamubungwe Ngela.
8) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Litia Mulumbwa [Yeta II]. Assumed the Headship of the Royal clan and assumed the reign name of Yeta II ca. 1835. m. (first) Natandi Inonge, former wife of his elder brother, Prince Mando. m. (second) Natandi …He was k. by Naliele, on the orders of Mbololo, 1863, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
- a) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Wamung'ungo Litia (s/o Inonge). He was k. during the rebellion, 1884, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  - i) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Litianyana Wamung'ungo. He had issue:
    - (1) Kebuku Mwanang'ono.
  - ii) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Lubasi Wamung'ungo.
  - iii) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mobelo Wamung'ungo.
  - i) Princess (Mukwai) Lubinda.
- b) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Munukayumbwa Litia.
- c) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Nyambe Litia. He was k. during the rebellion, 1884.
- a) Princess (Mukwai) Matauka. b. ca. 1837 (d/o the second wife). Installed as Mulena Mukwai of Nololo, August 1878. Deposed and expelled, September 1884. Restored 1884. m. ten husbands, including (first) Sebenda. m. (second Kakwisanungu. m. (tenth) 1928, Induna Saywa Wamundila, the Ishee Kwandu. She d. at Nololo, 26^th September 1934, having had issue:
  - i) Induna Kabuku. Installed as Mulena of Sesheke, August 1886. He d. from smallpox, 1893.
  - i) Princess Akanangisa Atangambuya (d/o Saywa Wamundila).
- b) Princess (Mukwai) Akatoka (d/o Inonge). Installed as Mulena Mukwai Mbowanjikana of Libonda, 1885. m. before 1884, Simasiku Mutemwa (k. by the Makanda, 1885).
10) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Akelumbela.
11) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Lutangu Sipopa Mulumbwa, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
12) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Selumelume Muimui, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
13) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sibeso. He was k. by Chief Mololo, 1863, having had issue:
- a) Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanawina II, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
- b) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Musiwa.
- c) Prince (Mwana' Mulena), who had issue:
  - i) Likokwane.
1) Princess (Mukwai) Kandundu. Mulena Mukwai of Nololo 1864. She d. 1871.
2) Princess (Mukwai) Monambeza. Installed as Mulena Mukwai of Nololo. She was k. 1885.
3) Princess (Mukwai) Katoka.

He also adopted a Mambunda refugee:

15) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwene-Kandala. Granted the rights of a prince of the Royal House.

1830 - 18xx Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Selumelume Muimui, Litunga of the Lozi, son of Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mulambwa Santulu wa Liala, Litunga of the Lozi. Elected after the death of his father, when the people of Nalolo refused to yield their much-loved chief, ca. July 1830. He was k. by Mwene Siengale, during a session of the Khotla (bur. Namaweshi), had issue:

1) Maselokwa.
2) Kutauka.

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mubukwanu, Litunga of the Lozi, son of Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mulambwa Santulu wa Liala, Litunga of the Lozi. Succeeded as 6^th Chief of Nalolo, after the death of Kusiyo. Elected as Litunga after the death of his younger brother, Selumelume Muimui. Defeated and exiled by the Makololo, after their conquest of Barotseland. Fled into hiding on Lipu Island. He was k. poisoned by his wife, at Lukulu Fort, ca. 1840, having had issue, five sons:

1) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Alikunda. Candidate for the throne on the death of his grandfather.
2) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Imasiku Mubukwanu. Proclaimed at Lukulu Fort, after the death of his father. Defeated by the Makololo and fled with his followers across the Kabompo River, settling in the Lukwakwa country. He was k. by the Mambunda, ca. 1860, having had issue:
- a) Lubinda Imasiku. He had issue:
  - i) Sasa Lubinda.
3) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwanawina Mubukwanu, who succeeded as Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanawina I, Litunga of the Lozi - see below.
4) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwangala Mubukwanu.
5) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Musiwa Mubukwanu.

1840 - 1864 Interregnum under Kilolo rule.

1864 - 1876 Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Lutangu Sipopa Mulumbwa, Litunga of the Lozi, eleventh son of Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mulambwa Santulu wa Liala, Litunga of the Lozi. Proclaimed as Chief of the Barotse exiles by the Mambunda, after they had k. Prince Imasiku, ca. 1860. Defeated the Kilola and proclaimed as Mbumu wa Litunga at Sola, June 1864. Established his summer capital at Mukoko, and his winter capital at Nangulwe. m. several wives, including (a) Linalinga Muntwani, former wife of Induna Njekwa, his Ngambela. m. (b) Linalinga Muliehane, former wife of Induna Masangu. m. (c) a formwer wife of Mashewana. m. (d) a former wife of Mata'a of Sesheke. m. (e) Linalinga Simamba (k. for adultery, ca. July 1874), a Mumbunda lady. m. (f) Linalinga Mukachinto (k. for adultery, ca. July 1874), a Musabia lady. He d. from wounds inflicted by Mwanamachacha, his bodyguard, near Koma, August 1876, having had issue, seventeen sons and several daughters, including:

1) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Kaiba Natamoyo.
2) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mutumwenu. He was k. with his brothers, on the orders of Lewanika I, December 1879.
3) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Munalula.
4) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Malitela.
5) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Kaluwe. He was k. with his brothers, on the orders of Lewanika I, December 1879.
6) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Musiwa.
7) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Notulo.
8) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Simbotwe.
9) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Nolianga.
10) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sishwati.
11) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mboo Fwabi.
12) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwanagala.
13) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Kabaenda.
14) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mando.
15) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Monambeza.
16) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Wamulimungwa. He was k. with his brothers, on the orders of Lewanika I, December 1879.
17) Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sepopa.
1) Princess (Mukwai) Kaiko. Installed as Mulena Mukwai of Nololo, 1871. m. (div.) Induna Njekwa (d. at Siwa-sa-njeke, 1874), sometime Ngambela to Litunga Sipopa 1864-1872. She had issue:
- a) Induna Mukamba Njekwa. m. his cousin, a daughter of Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Lubosi Lewanika I, Litunga of the Lozi and Paramount Chief of Barotseland.
2) Princess (Mukwai) Kandudu.

1876 - 1878 Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mwanawina II, Litunga of the Lozi, son of Prince Sibeso, third son of Mbumu wa Litunga Mubukwanu Mulumbwa, Litunga of the Lozi. Proclaimed at Katongo, after the death of his uncle, August 1876. Installed October 1876. Deposed and expelled by his nobles, who preferred his cousin, May 1878. He was k. (poisoned or starved to death) on an island near near Ng'ambwe, 1879, having had issue, a daughter:

1) Princess (Mukwai) Mwangala. Installed as Mulena Mukwai of Nololo, at Naliele, November 1876.

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