Yeta III was a

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, of the Lozi people in what is now Western

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Family

The parents of Yeta were King

Lewanika Lewanika (1842–1916) (also known as Lubosi, Lubosi Lewanika or Lewanika I) was the Lozi Litunga (King) of Barotseland from 1878 to 1916 (with a break in 1884-5). A detailed, although biased, description of King 'Lubossi' (the spelling used) can ...

and Queen Ma-Litia. Yeta married a woman called Kumayo who became his consort at Sefula

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in 1892. They were baptized together. Later Yeta married another woman. His children were: *Son *Prince Daniel Akafuna Yeta — named after king Akafuna Tatila *Prince Edward Kaluwe Yeta — father of Prince Godwin Mando Kaluwe Yeta *Prince Richard Nganga Yeta *Princess Mareta Mulima *Princess Elizabeth Inonge Yeta III *Princess *Princess Nakatindi *King Ilute

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Yeta was enthroned at Lealui on March 13, 1916, and abolished the traditional system of ''corvee'', the last vestige of

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on 1 April 1925. Yeta attended the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at

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, but experienced a severe stroke which caused partial paralysis and loss of speech in early 1939. Yeta's secretary wrote: "The Coronation was the greatest event we ever saw or will ever see in our lives again. Nobody could think that he is really on

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when seeing the Coronation Procession, but that he is either dreaming or is in

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." He abdicated in favour of his younger brother Imwiko.

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