Álvaro IX Mpanzu a Ntivila (1650–1670) was a

ruler A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale, line gauge, or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. Usually, the instr ...

of the

Kingdom of Kongo The Kingdom of Kongo ( or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' ) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. At its gre ...

during its civil war period. He ruled from June 1669 to 1670.

Pre-Rule

He was the first member of the

House of Kimpanzu The Kimpanzu were members of the Mpanzu kanda (lineage), kanda also known as the House of Kimpanzu, one of the lineages from which the kings of Kingdom of Kongo, Kongo were chosen during the 17th century and following Kongo's reunification under ...

to become the king since Afonso II was king at the beginning of the civil war period. Afonso II had been forced off the throne by the

House of Kinlaza The Kinlaza were members of the Nlaza kanda or House of Kinlaza, one of the ruling houses of the Kingdom of Kongo during the 17th century. It was one of the main factions during the Kongo Civil War along with the Kimpanzu and Kinkanga a Mvika ka ...

, and had set up Kimpanzu's powerbase in the mountainous Nkondo. Soyo intervened in Kongo again by invasion in 1669 and deposed the Kinlaza king Pedro III who was unsympathetic to Soyo. He fled to Lemba to start continue his reign and to fight against Kimpanzu rule.

Rule and Deposition

The da Silvas, the ruling house of Soyo, were determined to replace the king with a Kimpanzu, as they hoped he would be easier to control, considering the alliance between Soyo and the house. However even amongst the nobles of Kimpanzu were starting to resent the intervention of Soyo in Kongo affairs. In 1670, Álvaro IX was overthrown by Rafael I who preceded him as a more anti-Soyo king, who ended Soyo intervention in the kingdom.

References

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