Mpangazitha (Pakalita)
| Mpangazitha | |
|---|---|
| Regent king of AmaHlubi nation | |
| Reign | 1819-1826 |
| Died | 1826 |
Mpangazitha born Hlubi prince, later grew to first being the commander in Chief of AmaHlubi military then later Regent king of AmaHlubi nation upon the death of his brother King Mthimkhulu II in 1819 and he reigned from then until his death in 1826. He rose to power when his father merged his house into two houses, making[clarification needed] King Bhungane II's Right Hand House) with that of his brother King Mthimkhulu II's house King King Bhungane II's Great House with the intentions to unite and strengthen the Hlubi Kingdom during the times of wars. He primarily was opposed to King Matiwane of the AmaNgwane Clan.
He got the name Pakalitha as a Sotho version of Mpangazitha when he exiled in Basotholand (present-day Lesotho) for 2 years. He later led his people back to their ancestral land in what is now modern-day KwaZulu-Natal, of which he encountered King Matiwane's army and died in that battle. He had begot sons which were vital to the Clan's survival, Inkosi Sidinane (Great House) and Inkosi Mehlomakhulu (Right Hand House) which established AmaHlubi communities in unoccupied land at the north and east of now modern called Eastern Cape province.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Genealogy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ "Isizwe SamaHlubi: Submission to the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims: Draft 1" (PDF). July 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ bhungane III.html The royal House of King Bhungane III