Rulers: Congo (Kinshasa)
Traditional polities
Note: There is no hope of being comprehensive here so this record is restricted to some of the historically most important polities. Note that the Kingdom of Kongo is recorded under Angolan traditional polities.
Katanga
c.1700 Gareganze state, also called Katanga, founded
1880 ruler adopts the style mwami (king)
1900 state extinguished by Belgian colonial authorities
Rulers
... - ... Kawumbu Sahapepala
... - 1856 Panda = Sanga
1856 - 1880 Ngelengwa "Msiri" (b. c.1815 - d. 1891)
Kings (title mwami)
1880 - 20 Dec 1891 Ngelengwa "Msiri" (s.a.)
20 Dec 1891 - 1900 Mukunda Bantu (b. c.1843 - d. 1910)
Kuba kingdom
Note: The polity has of course no official name. The names are given in the currently accepted transcription (without the diacritics and without the distinction between open and closed e and o), together with, in [ ], a common traditional transcription.
c.550 legendary date of foundation of the kingdom
1600 kingdom consolidated by Shyaam aMbul aNgoong
[Shamba Bolongongo]
Kings (title Nyim [Nyimi])
- Bushoong dynasty -
1776 - 1810 Kot aMbul [Kata Mbula]
1810 - 1840 Miko miMbul [Mikope Mbula]
1840 - 1885 Mbop aMabiinc maMbul [Bope Mobinji]
1885 - 1890 Miko aMabiinc maMbul
[Mikope Mobinji]
1890 - 1896 Kot aMbweeky aMileng [Koto Mboke]
1896 - 1900 Misha aPelyeeng [Mishanga Pelenge]
1900 Miko aPelyeeng [Mikope Pelenge]
1900 Mbop Pelyeeng II [Bope Pelenge]
1900 ... [Mingashanga Bake]
1900 Kot aKyeen [Kwete Kena]
1900 - 1901 Mbop aKyeen [Bope Kena]
1901 - 1902 Miko miKyeen [Mikope Kena]
1902 - 1916 Kot aPe [Kwete Peshanga Kena]
1916 - 1919 Mbop aMabiinc maMbweeky
[Bope Mobinji Boke]
1919 - 1939 Kot aMabiinc maKyeen
[Kwete Mobinji Kena]
1939 - Sep 1969 Mbop aMabiinc maKyeen
[Bope Mobinji Kena]
Sep 1969 - Kot aMbweeky aShyaang [Kwete Mboke]
Luba kingdom(s)
1585 Luba kingdom founded
1889 ruling lineage split into two ruling lineages
Kings or emperors (title muLopwe)
1781 - 1809 Ilunga Nsungu
c.1800 Kasongo Kukaya (in rebellion)
1809 - 1837 Kumwimba Ngombe
1837 Ndaye Muzinga (usurper)
1837 - 1864 Ilunga Kabale
1864 - 1865 Maloba Konkola
1865 - 1869 Kitamba
1869 - 1886 Kasongo a Kalombo (b. ... - d. 1886)
1886 - 1889 Nday a Mande (b. ... - d. 1889)
- Lineage 1 -
1889 - Oct 1917 Kasongo a Nyembo (b. 18... - d. 1917)
1917 - 1935 Umpafu Ilunga Kumwimba (b. ... - d. 1948)
1935 - 1957 Ilunga Kisuku
1957 - 1964 Kasongo a Nyembo
1964 - Kisula Ngoy
- Lineage 2 -
1889 - 1946 Kabongo Kumwimba Tshimbu (b. ... - d. 1946)
1946 - 25 Oct 1960 Kabongo Boniface Kalowa
= Ilunga Balowa Boniface
= Dibwe Kalowa Boniface (b. 1905/10 - d. 1960)
Oct 1960 - 198. Kabongo Makassa Dibwe (b. ... - d. 198...)
Ruund [Luunda]
Note: The same convention about transcription of names as under Kuba applies.
c.1500 Ruund [Luunda] state founded
1690 the ruler adopts the style Mwaant Yaav [Mwaanta Yaava]
Rulers (title Mwaant Yaav [Mwaanta Yaava])
1775 - 1800 Cikomb Yaav Italesh [Cikombe Yaava]
1800 - 1852 Naweej II a Ditend [Naweeji Yaava
Ditende "Diuta"]
1852 - 1857 Mulaj a Namwan [Mulaji aMbala]
1857 Cakasekene Naweej
1857 - 1873 Muteb II a Cikomb
[Muteba yaCikombe]
1873 - 1874 Mbal II a Kamong Isot [Mbala] (b. ... - d. 1874)
1874 - 1883 Mbumb I Muteb a Kat
[Mbumba Muteba]
1883 - 1884 Cimbindu a Kasang
[Cimbindu Ditende]
1884 - 1885 Kangapu Naweej [Kangapu Naweeji] (b. ... - d. 1885)
1885 - 1886 Mudib [Kibamba Mudiba] (b. ... - d. 1886)
1886 - 1887 Mutand Mukaz [Mutanda Mukanza] (b. ... - d. 1887)
1887 Mbal III a Kalong [Mbala Cilombe]
1887 - 1907 Mushid I a Nambing [Mushidi] (b. ... - d. 1907)
1907 - 1920 Muteb I a Kasang [Muteba]
(in rebellion from 1898)
1920 - 1951 Kaumbw Diur [Kaumba]
1951 - Jun 1963 Yaav a Naweej III [Yaava Naweeji]
1963 - 1965 Mushid II "Lumanga" Kawel a Kamin
[Mushidi]
Dec 1965 - 27 Nov 1973 Muteb II Mushid [Muteba Mushidi]
27 Nov 1973 - 1984 Mbumb II Muteb [Mbumba Muteba] (b. ... - d. 1984)
1984 - 27 Jan 2005 Kawel II (b. 1932? - d. 2005)
28 Jan 2005 - Mushid III (b. 1945)
Kasongo Luunda (Yaka)
c.1700 Kasongo Luunda state founded
Rulers (title Kyambvu)
... - 1859 Muteeba Kadi = Muteeba Nzuzi = Mbaala
1859 - 1886 Naweesi
1886 - 1894 Tsiimba Mukuumbi
1894 - 1902 Lukookisa
1902 - 1904 Muloombo
1904 - 1915 Mwaana Koko = Kodi Pwaanga (1st time)
1915 - 1922 Mulumbi Mbisi
1922 - 1925 Kabeya
1925 - 1929 Bivula = Bangi
1929 - 1939 Mwaana Koko = Kodi Pwaanga (2nd time)
1939 - 1941 Kambaamba
1941 - 1945 Mukulu Désiré
1945 - Paandzu Pfumukulu
Mangbetu
Note: From c.1873 there are many branches of the dynasty; this record only concerns the main lineage.
c.1750 Mangbetu kingship established
Rulers (title mkinyi kpokpo)
... - ... Orua Ero
... - ... Mebula
... - 1815 Manzika
1815 - 1859 Nabiembali
1859 - 1867 Tuba
1867 - 1873 Mbunza
1873 - 1879 Nesogo
1873 - 27 Dec 1895 Niangara
(establishes separate polity)
1879 - 1881 Mambanga (1st time)
Nov 1881 - 1883 Mbittima (under Egyptian occupation)
1883 Mambanga (2nd time)
(goes on to establish another branch)
1883 - ... Koi Mbunza