Henrique II was ruler of the

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(1794 – 1803).John K. Thorton ''op.cit'', . His rule came after the end of a period of conflict in the kingdom after the death of

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, who was said to have been poisoned. Henrique was able to take the throne as a compromise between the various powerful factions which had been brokered by the Água Rosada house, the descendants of Pedro IV, who had familial ties to branches of both

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and

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houses. Under this peace, Henrique was able to rebuild the nation, and eventually passed the throne on to Garcia V, a member of the Água Rosada house.

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Sources

* John K. Thorton, ''Mbanza Kongo/Sao Salvador : Kongo's Holy City'' * ''Africa's Urban Past'', Oxford, James Currey (ed. David M. Andreson and Richard Rathbone), Portsmouth, Heinemann, 2000, , pp. 73–78. {{Portal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo Manikongo of Kongo 1794 births 1800s deaths