Mutebi I was

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of the

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between 1674 and 1680. He was the fifteenth (15th) Kabaka of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was the son of Kabaka Kateregga Kamegere, Kabaka of Buganda, who

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ed between 1644 and 1674. His mother was Namutebi of the Mamba clan, the eighth (8th)

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of his father. He ascended the

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following the

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of his father in 1674. He established his

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at Muguluka.

Married Life

He married five (5) wives: * Nabitalo, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan * Nabukalu, daughter of Ndugwa, of the Lugave clan * Naluyima, daughter of Nakatanza, of the Lugave clan * Namawuba, daughter of Natiigo, of the Lugave clan * Nampiima, daughter of Kibale, of the Mpeewo clan.

Issue

He fathered seven (7) sons: * Prince (Omulangira) Lukenge, whose mother was Nabitalo * Kabaka Tebandeke Mujambula, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1704 and 1724, whose mother was Nabukalu * Prince (Omulangira) Mpiima, whose mother was Nampiima * Prince (Omulangira) Kayima, whose mother was Naluyima * Prince (Omulangira) Mawuba, whose mother was Namawuba * Prince (Omulangira) Mukama, whose mother was Namawuba * Prince (Omulangira) Matumbwe, whose mother was Namawuba

The final years

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at Mbalwa and was buried there. Other credible sources put his burial place at Kongojje, Busiro.

Succession table

References

External links

List of the Kings of Buganda
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mutebi I Of Buganda Kabakas of Buganda 17th-century African people 1680 deaths