Afonso II of Kongo
Afonso II | |
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Mwene Kongo | |
Reign | 1561 to 1561 |
Predecessor | Diogo I |
Successor | Bernardo I |
Dynasty | Lukeni kanda |
Afonso II was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo in 1561.
Biography
Little is known about Afonso II or his reign. Duarte Lopes told Filippo Pigafetta the Italian humanist who composed a description of Kongo in 1591 that Diogo I's succession was disputed by three pretenders, His son, who few favored was immediately killed, and a second person was elected favored by the majority of the people, but the Portuguese in the capital murdered him, while the party of the second king murdered the Portuguese favorite and then set out a general massacre of Portuguese.[1] However, contemporary records support a different course of events, the first elected king, Afonso II, ruled only a few days, though he had Portuguese support and was overthrown as being illegitimate by Bernardo.[2]
No contemporary sources mention Afonso II by name, perhaps because his reign was so short, but his name appeared on a list of kings written by Antonio da Silva, a Kongo historian who served as Duke of Mbamba in 1617.[3]
See also
- Kingdom of Kongo
- List of Manikongos of Kongo
References
- ^ Pigafetta, Filippo (1881). A Report of the Kingdom of Congo and the Surrounding Countries. London: John Murray.p. 93
- ^ Thornton, John (2020). A History of West Central Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-107-12715-9.
- ^ Saccardo, Graziano (1982). Congo e Angola con la storia dell'antica missione dei Cappuccini. Venice: Curia Provinciale dei Cappuccini Venezia-Mestre. p. 56.
Preceded by | Manikongo 1561 | Succeeded by |
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- Lukeni lua Nimi
- Nanga of Kongo
- Nlaza of Kongo
- Nkuwu a Ntinu of Kongo
- João I of Kongo
- Afonso I of Kongo
- Pedro I of Kongo
- Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi
- Afonso II of Kongo
- Bernardo I of Kongo
- Henrique I of Kongo
the recapture of São Salvador (1709–1891)
- Pedro IV of Kongo
- Manuel II of Kongo
- Garcia IV of Kongo
- Nicolau I of Kongo
- Afonso IV of Kongo
- António II of Kongo
- Sebastião I of Kongo
- "Pedro V"
- Álvaro XI of Kongo
- José I of Kongo
- Afonso V of Kongo
- Álvaro XII of Kongo
- Aleixo I of Kongo
- Joaquim I of Kongo
- Henrique II of Kongo
- Garcia V of Kongo
- André II of Kongo
- Henrique III of Kongo
- Álvaro XIII of Kongo
- Pedro V of Kongo
1881 vassalage treaty with Portugal (1891–1914)
- Alvaro XV of Kongo
- Pedro VII of Kongo
- António III of Kongo
- Isabel Maria da Gama, Q of Kongo (regent)
- Pedro VIII of Kongo
- Isabel Maria da Gama of Kongo (regent)
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