Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa
OR:
Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa (?? – December 1896, Marangara province, Nyanza, German East Africa) was
Mwami ''Mwami'' () is an honorific title common in parts of Central and East Africa. The title means ''chief'' or ''tribal chief'' in several Bantu languages. It was historically used by kings in several African nations, and is still used for traditi ...
of Rwanda between November 1895 and December 1896, having been made co-ruler by his father
Kigeli IV Rwabugiri Kigeli IV Rwabugiri (1840? - November 1895) was the king ('' mwami'') of the Kingdom of Rwanda in the mid-nineteenth century. He was among the last Nyiginya kings in a ruling dynasty that had traced their lineage back four centuries to Gihanga, ...
in 1889. Rutarindwa is sometime transcribed Rutalindwa.


Rule

His adopted father, Kigeli IV Rwabugiri, had proclaimed him co-ruler in 1889, effectively designating him his successor. On Rwabugiri's unexpected death in 1895 while on an expedition in modern-day
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, he was proclaimed king. Rwandan Queen Mothers were politically powerful. Rutarindwa's mother had died and, consequently, Rwabugiri appointed another of his wives, Kanjogera, as his surrogate mother. With the death of Rwabugiri, she and her brothers plotted to put her own young son Musinga, the future king
Yuhi V Musinga Yuhi Musinga (Yuhi V of Rwanda, 1883 – 13 January 1944) was a king of Rwanda who came to power in 1896 and collaborated with the German East Africa, German government to strengthen his own kingship. In 1931 he was deposed by Ruanda-Urundi, the Be ...
, on the throne. This culminated in late 1896 in a battle between the King's and the Queen Mother's factions called the Rucunshu Coup, named for the hill that Rutarindwa had moved his court to. After the battle, Rutarindwa committed suicide, and the royal drum was destroyed when his house was burnt down.


References

Year of birth missing 1896 deaths Rwandan kings 19th-century monarchs in Africa 1890s suicides Suicides in Africa {{Rwanda-bio-stub