King Gcaleka KaPhalo (Born:1728-Died:1792) he was the King of

AmaXhosa The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people (; ) are African people who are direct kinsmen of Tswana people, Sotho people and Twa people, yet are narrowly sub grouped by European as Nguni ethnic group whose traditional homeland is primarily the ...

Nation from:1775 to 1792 and he was the third son of King

Phalo kaTshiwo King Phalo kaTshiwo was the king of the AmaXhosa Nation from 1736 until his death in 1775. King Phalo KaTshiwo (Born:1702-Died:1775) was the second son of King Tshiwo KaNgconde but his older brother Prince Gwali KaTshiwo was from a junior wife ...

and King Gcaleka KaPhalo had 3 known sons, King

Khawuta kaGcaleka King Khawuta kaGcaleka (Born:1761-Died:1804) was the king of the AmaXhosa Nation from 1792 To 1804. He is a direct descendant of King Phalo's Great House. King Khawuta KaGcaleka was the eldest son of King Gcaleka kaPhalo.King Khawuta KaGcaleka ...

( 1761), Prince Velelo kaGcaleka and Prince

Nqoko kaGcaleka Nqoko ka Gcaleka ( about 1770 - 1822) was a regent and king of the Xhosa nation. Nqoko was the third son of Gcaleka ka Phalo and took over the throne as regent when his oldest brother King Khawuta ka Gcaleka died in 1804 and served until 1820 ...

. He became King of the AmaXhosa Nation in

1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...

right after his father died. King Gcaleka KaPhalo faced tried to usurp his father's rule and interclan war broke out resulting in the Xhosa nation to split into two major sub-groups, the AmaXhosa of

Rarabe The Rharhabe House is the second senior house (Right Hand House) of the Xhosa Kingdom. The Rharhabe house was founded by Xhosa warrior Rharhabe, who was the older brother of Gcaleka ka Phalo. History of the Rharhabe The Xhosa people, Xhosa royal ...

and AmaXhosa of

Gcaleka The Gcaleka House is the Great house of the Xhosa Kingdom in what is now the Eastern Cape. Its royal palace is in the former Transkei and its counterpart in the former Ciskei is the Rharhabe, which is the right hand house of Phalo. The Gcaleka H ...

. To this day the AmaGcaleka lineage is recognised as the Royal house of the AmaXhosa nation. King Gcaleka kaPhalo was succeeded by King Khawuta ka Gcaleka. ''Other sources state he became King in

1750 Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era. Events January–March * January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain ...

and died in 1778.''

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1730 births

Rulers of the Gcaleka 1792 deaths {{Africa-royal-stub