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, 1st
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, 3rd Chief of Nalolo.
Succeeded on the death of his younger
brother. He d. at Mwandi (bur.
there).
c)
Mwanamalia, 4th Chief of
Nalolo. Succeeded on the death of his
elder brother.
d)
Yubya II, 2nd 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, 1st 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, 5th
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, 1st 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, 4th 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, 26th
September 1934, having had issue:
i) Induna
Kabuku. Installed as Mulena
of Sesheke, August 1886. He d.
from smallpox, 1893.
b)
Princess (Mukwai) Akatoka (d/o
Inonge). Installed as Mulena MukwaiMbowanjikana 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 6th 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.