King Phalo kaTshiwo was the king of the
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
1736 until his death in
1775
Events
Summary
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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 so King Phalo KaTshiwo was in line for the AmaXhosa throne. King Tshiwo KaNgconde died the same year of King Phalo's birth so his uncle Prince Mdange kaNgconde took over the reins as regent. Prince Gwali kaTshiwo joined forces with Prince Ntinde KaTogu , chief of the AmaNtinde clan, to overthrow King Phalo KaTshiwo but was not successful.
King Phalo KaTshiwo had five sons Prince
Langa kaPhalo
Prince Langa kaPhalo (Born:1722-Died:1794) was the first and founder of Ama-Mbalu chieftaincy within the Ama-Xhosa nation and reigned it from 746 until 1794till his death. Prince Langa KaPhalo was born to King Phalo kaTshiwo
King Phalo kaTshi ...
(
1705), Prince
Rarabe kaPhalo
Rarabe ka Phalo (about 1722 - 1787) was a Xhosa Prince and the founder of the Right Hand House of the Xhosa
Xhosa may refer to:
* Xhosa people, a nation, and ethnic group, who live in south-central and southeasterly region of South Africa
* Xhos ...
(
1722), King
Gcaleka kaPhalo
King Gcaleka KaPhalo (Born:1728-Died:1792) he was the King of AmaXhosa Nation from:1775 to 1792 and he was the third son of King Phalo kaTshiwo and King Gcaleka KaPhalo had 3 known sons, King Khawuta kaGcaleka ( 1761), Prince Velelo kaGcaleka a ...
(whose mother, Thandela, was the daughter of the AmaMpondomise monarch King
Phahlo and sister to Queen
Mamani kaPhahlo
Queen Mamani kaPhahlo was a queen of the AmaMpondomise Kingdom from 1732, following after her father, King Phahlo. She is also known as Queen Mbingwa. As the eldest among three daughters of the Great Wife of King Phahlo, she successfully chal ...
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), Prince
Lutshaba kaPhalo (
1730
Events
January–March
* January 30 (January 19 O.S.) – At dawn, Emperor Peter II of Russia dies of smallpox, aged 14 in Moscow, on the eve of his projected marriage.
* February 26 (February 15 O.S.) – Anna of Russia (Ann ...
) and Prince
Nukwa kaPhalo.
References
Phalo
1775 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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