Kyabaggu Kabinuli was
Kabaka
the kabaka Palace in kireka
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of the
Kingdom of Buganda
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from 1750 until 1780. He was the twenty-fifth (25th) Kabaka of Buganda.
Claim to the throne
He was the third son of
Prince Musanje Golooba. His mother was Nabulya Naluggwa of the Ndiga (Sheep) clan, the second (2nd) of his father's three (3)
wives
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. He
ascended to the
throne
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upon the
abdication
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of his elder brother
Kabaka Namuggala Kagali in 1750. He established his capital at Lubya Hill.
Married life
He is recorded to have married twenty (20) wives:
# Gwolyoowa, daughter Myamba, of the Lugave clan
# Kiriibwa, daughter of Sebugulu, of the Lugave clan
# Magota, daughter of Namukoka, of the Mamba clan
# Misinga, daughter of Natiigo, of the Lugave clan
# Mbigidde, daughter of Terwewalwa, of the Nvuma clan
# Nabiweke, daughter of Seggiriinya, of the Ngo clan
# Nabugere, daughter of Sekayiba, of the Ffumbe clan
# Nagalaale, daughter of Lule, of the Ngonge clan
# Naabakyaala Najjemba, the Omubikka, daughter of Lule, of the Ngonge clan
# Nalubimbi, daughter of Namwaama, of the Kkobe clan
# Nalugooti, daughter of Masembe, of the Nsenene clan
# Nalunga, daughter of Lugunju, of the Nvuma clan
# Nalwondooba, daughter of Nankere, of the Mamba clan
# Namayanja, daughter of Budde, of the Mamba clan. She killed her husband in a rage in 1750, prior to marrying the Kabaka.
# Nambooze, daughter of Namwaama, of the Kkobe clan
# Nankanja, daughter of Nakabalira, of the Nvuma clan
# Nanteza, daughter of Kakembo, of the Njovu clan
# Nfambe, daughter of Sekayiba, of the Ffumbe clan
# Nanzigu
# Nakalyoowa.
Issue
Kabaka Kyabaggu fathered many children. Among his children are the following:
# Prince (Omulangira) Sanya, whose mother was Misinga
# Prince (Omulangira) Mbajjwe, whose mother was Nabugere
# Prince (Omulangira) Saku, whose mother was Nalubimbi
# Prince (Omulangira) Wango, whose mother was Nalwondooba
# Prince (Omulangira) Kalema, whose mother was Nambooze. He contested the succession on the death of his father. Defeated by his brother,
Jjunju, and fled to
Bunyoro
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# Prince (Omulangira) Kibuli
# Prince (Omulangira) Kigoye, whose mother was Nambooze
# Prince (Omulangira) Lubambula.
# Prince (Omulangira) Mukama. He rebelled against his half-brother,
Kabaka Jjunju. He was killed by his half-brother,
Prince Semakookiro, after 1780.
# Prince (Omulangira) Wakayima. Prince Wakayima was the father of Prince (Omulangira) Sewaya.
#
Kabaka Junju Sendegeya, Kabaka of Buganda from 1780 to 1797, whose mother was Nanteza.
#
Kabaka Semakookiro Wasajja Nabbunga, Kabaka of Buganda between 1797 and 1814, whose mother was Nanteza.
# Prince (Omulangira) Sekafuuwa, whose mother was Namayanja. He was killed in battle at
Mulago
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Location
Mulago is in Kawempe Division, one of the five administrative di ...
, by his half-brother, Prince Wakayima, in 1780.
# Prince (Omulangira) Kiribatta, whose mother was Namayanja. He was killed in battle at
Mulago
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Location
Mulago is in Kawempe Division, one of the five administrative di ...
, by his half-brother,
Kabaka Jjunju, in 1780.
# Prince (Omulangira) Kikunta, whose mother was Namayanja. He was killed in battle at
Mulago
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Location
Mulago is in Kawempe Division, one of the five administrative di ...
, by his half-brother,
Kabaka Junju, in 1780.
# Princess (Omumbejja) Nsekere, whose mother was Gwolyoowa
# Princess (Omumbejja) Nalukwaakula, whose mother was Nagalaale
# Princess (Omumbejja) Nakayiza
# Princess (Omumbejja) Zansanze, whose mother was Nanteza
The final years
Kabaka Kyabaggu was killed by Kikoso, valet to Nakirindisa, at Namubiru, in 1780. He was initially buried at Mereera. In 1869, his remains were exhumed and re-buried at
Kyebando
Kyebando is a neighborhood within Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda.
Location
Kyebando is bordered by Kawempe to the northwest, Kikaaya to the northeast, Bukoto to the east, Mulago to the south, Bwaise to the southwest and K ...
.
Succession table
See also
*
Kabaka of Buganda
the kabaka Palace in kireka
Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and ...
*
Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda
Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the reigning Kabaka (also known as king) of the Kingdom of Buganda, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda. He is the 36th ''Kabaka'' of Buganda.
He was appointed as ...
References
External links
List of the Kings of Buganda
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Kabakas of Buganda
18th-century monarchs in Africa
1780 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Ugandan traditional rulers and monarchs