List of Zulu kings

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This List of Zulu kings gives a list of Zulu chieftains and kings from their earliest known history up to the current monarch.

Chieftains of the Zulus (Pre-ca. 1727)

• Ntu
• Mnguni
• Luzumana kaMnguni
• Malandela kaLuzumana
• Zulu kaNtombela, founder of the clan
• Gumede kaZulu
• Phunga kaGumede
• Bongani kaMnguni

Chieftains of the Zulus (ca. 1727–1816)

• Mageba kaGumede (ca. 1667 – ca. 1745), son of Gumede, chief of the Zulu clan from ca. 1727 to ca. 1745
• Ndaba kaMageba, son of Mageba, chief of the Zulu clan from ca. 1745 to 1763
• Jama kaNdaba (ca. 1757–1781), son of Ndaba, chief of the Zulu clan from 1763 to 1781
• Mkabayi kaJama, daughter of Jama
• Senzangakhona kaJama (ca. 1762–1816), son of Jama, chief of the Zulu clan from 1781 to 1816

Kings (1816–Present)

Zulu Kingdom (Independent, 1816–1879)

• Shaka kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1787–1828), son of Senzangakona, king from 1816 to 1828
• Dingane kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1795–1840), son of Senzangakhona and half-brother of Shaka, king from 1828 to 1840
• Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798–1872), son of Senzangakhona and half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, king from 1840 to 1872
• Cetshwayo kaMpande (1834-1884), son of Mpande, king from 1872 to 1879

Zululand (Dependency, 1883–Present)

• Cetshwayo kaMpande (1834–1884), son of Mpande, king from 1883 to 1884
• Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868–1913), son of Cetshwayo kaMpande, king from 1884 to 1913
• Solomon kaDinuzulu (1890–1933), son of Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, king from 1913 to 1933
• Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon (4 August 1924 – 17 September 1968), son of Solomon kaDinuzulu, king from 1948 to 1968
• Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (born 14 July 1948), son of Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon, king since 1971.

See also

• Zulu Kingdom
• Zululand