List of rulers of Mutapa

List of rulers of Kingdom of Mutapa[]

Territory located in present-day Zimbabwe.

Mwenemutapa = Lord of the Conquered Land.

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
c.1430	Foundation of Mutapa Kingdom
1760	Mutapa collapses in civil war
c. 1430 to c. 1450	, Mwenemutapa
c. 1450 to 1480	, Mwenemutapa
1480	, Mwenemutapa
1480 to 1490	, Mwenemutapa
1490 to 1494	, Mwenemutapa	mavhuramhande
1494 to c. 1530	, Mwenemutapa
c. 1530 to c. 1550	, Mwenemutapa
c. 1550 to 1560	, Mwenemutapa
1560 to 1589	, Mwenemutapa	Granted Coat of Arms by King of Portugal
1589 to 1623	, Mwenemutapa
1623 to 1629	, Mwenemutapa	Overthrown by Portuguese
1629	Mutapa becomes a Portuguese Vassal
1629 to 1652	, Mwenemutapa	Signs treaty of Vassalage with Portuguese; Dies of accidental gunshot wound.
1652 to 1663	, Mwenemutapa	Son of Mavura; assassinated by Prazos merchants
1663	Mutapa becomes a Rozwi Vassal
1663 to 1692	, Mwenemutapa	Allies with Rozwi and throws out Prazos
1692 to 1694	, Mwenemutapa	Assumes throne with Rozwi support; Rozwi vassal king of Manyika after 1694
1694	Mutapa returns to Portuguese vassalage
1694 to 1707	, Mwenemutapa	Defeats Nyakiambira with Portuguese support
1707 to 1711	, Mwenemutapa
1711 to 1712	, Mwenemutapa	Overthrown and retreats to Chidima
1712	Mutapa returns to Rozwi vassalge
1712 to 1723	, Mwenemutapa	Installed by Rozwi invasion
1720	Mutapa independent of Rozwi; moves capital to Chikova in 1723
1723 to 1735	, Mwenemutapa	Rules in close alliance with Portuguese at Tete
1735 to 1740	, Mwenemutapa
1740 to 1759	, Mwenemutapa	Has Portuguese garrison reinstated at royal capital.
1760	Mutapa collapses in Civil War; dynasty survives in Chidima
1760	Mutapa collapses in Civil War; dynasty survives in Chidima
? to 1917	Mambo Cioko	Killed in battle with the Portuguese

Sources[]

Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 395. ISBN 0-89950-390-X.