List of Zulu kings
This List of Zulu kings gives a list of Zulu chieftains and kings[1] from their earliest known history up to the current monarch.
Chieftains of the Zulus (Pre-ca. 1727)
- Mnguni
- Malandela kaLuzumana
- Zulu kaNtombela, founder of the clan
- Gumede kaZulu
- Phunga kaGumede
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
- 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[1]-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.