List of Zulu kings

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This is a list of the monarchs of the Zulu nation, including chieftains and kings<ref name="zulumonarch">Template:Cite web</ref> of the Zulu royal family from their earliest known history up to the present time.

Pre-Zulu

The Zulu King lineage stretches to as far as Luzumana, who is believed to have lived as long ago as the 16th century. Luzumana is the child of Mnguni, but details about him are unknown.

• NkosinKulu
• Mnguni kaNkosinKulu
• Luzumana kaMnguni
• Malandela kaLuzumana

Chieftains of the Zulus (Template:Circa 1600–1818)

When Malandela died, he divided the kingdom into two clans, the Qwabe and the Zulu.

• Zulu I kaMalandela (Template:Circa 1627 – Template:Circa 1709), founder of the clan<ref name="gil1">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Nkosinkulu kaZulu I
• Ntombela kaNkosinkulu
• Zulu II kaNtombela
• Gumede kaZulu
• Phunga kaGumede (Template:Circa 1657 – Template:Circa 1727)<ref name="gil1"/>
• Mageba kaGumede (Template:Circa 1667 – Template:Circa 1745), son of Gumede, chief Template:Circa 1727 to Template:Circa 1745
• Ndaba kaMageba, son of Mageba, chief Template:Circa 1745 to 1763
• Jama kaNdaba (Template:Circa 1727–1781), son of Ndaba, chief 1763 to 1781
  • Mkabayi kaJama (Template:Circa 1750 – 1843), daughter of Jama, regent 1781 to 1787 (until Senzangakhona came of age)
• Senzangakhona kaJama (Template:Circa 1762–1816), son of Jama, chief 1787 to 1816
• Sigujana kaSenzangakhona, son of Senzangakhona, chief Template:Circa 1816
• Shaka kaSenzangakhona (1787–1828), son of Senzangakhona, chief Template:Circa 1816 to 1828

Kings of the Zulus (Template:Circa 1818–present)

After Dingiswayo's death at the hands of Zwide, king of the Ndwandwe, around 1818, Shaka assumed leadership of the remnants of the Mthethwa Paramountcy, thereby becoming king.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Zulu Kingdom (Independent, 1816–1879)

Zululand (Dependency, 1883–present)

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See also

• Zulu Kingdom