Ttembo Kiridde was
Kabaka
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 ...
(King) of the
Kingdom of Buganda
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. He ruled between 1404 and 1434. He was the 4th Kabaka of Buganda.
Claim to the throne
He was the only surviving son of Prince Lumansi, son of Kabaka
Kimera. His mother was Nattembo. He killed his grandfather while on a hunting trip by clubbing him on the head. Accounts of the event differ; some say the event was an
accident
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, while others say it was
a deliberate act. Ttembo established his
capital
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at
Ntinda Hill.
Married life
He married Najjemba, daughter of Semwanga, of the Ngonge clan.
Issue
He fathered three children, two sons and one daughter:
*
Kabaka Sewannaku Kiggala Mukaabya Kasungubu, the 5th Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1434 and 1464 and between 1484 and 1494.
*Prince (Omulangira) Lutimba. He was a full-brother of Kabaka Kiggala. He rebelled against his brother but was defeated by his nephews and fled. He died at Wassozi and was buried at Butugu.
*Princess (Omumbejja) Nazibanja. She had several children by her brother Kabaka Kiggala
The final years
Kabaka Ttembo became
insane
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during the latter years of his
reign
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. He died at Busiro and was buried at Katikamu. Other credible sources give his burial place as Bujuuko, Busiro.
References
External links
List of the Kings of Buganda
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Kabakas of Buganda
15th-century monarchs in Africa