List of rulers of the Lunda Empire

The following is a list of the Rulers of the Lunda Empire. The Lunda Empire was a pre-colonial Central African state centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo whose sphere of influence stretched into Angola and Zambia. The Lunda were initially ruled by kings with the title Mwaantaangaand meaning "owners of the land". This later became "Mwaantayaav" or "Mwaant Yaav" with the rise of Mbala I Yaav.^[1]

Mwaantaangaand of Lunda Kingdom[]

Mwaaka (c. 1500-c. 1516)^[2]
Yala Maaku (c. 1516-c. 1550)^[2]
Kunde (c. 1550-c. 1590)^[2]
(c. 1590-c. 1620)^[2]
(ruled c. 1620-c. 1630)^[2]
(ruled c. 1630-c. 1660)
(ruled c. 1660-c. 1687)

Mwaant Yaav of Lunda Empire[]

(ruled c. 1687-c. 1719)
(ruled c. 1719-c. 1720)
(ruled c. 1720-c. 1748)
(ruled c. 1748-c. 1766)
(ruled c. 1766-1775)
(ruled 1775-1800)
(ruled 1800-1852)
(ruled 1852-1857)
(ruled 1857)
(ruled 1857-1873)
(ruled 1873-1874)
(ruled 1874-1883)
(ruled 1883-1884)
(ruled 1884-1885)
(ruled 1885-1886)
(ruled 1886-1887)
(ruled 1887)

Mwaant Yaav under the Congo Free State[]

(ruled 1887-1907)
(ruled 1907-1908, in rebellion from 1898)

Mwaant Yaav under the Belgian Congo[]

cont. (ruled 1908-1920)
(ruled 1920-1951)
(ruled 1951-1960)

Mwaant Yaav under Katanga[]

cont. (ruled 1960-1962)

Mwaant Yaav under Republic of Congo[]

cont. (ruled 1962-June 1963)
(ruled 1963-December 1965)
(ruled 1965-1971)

Mwaant Yaav under Zaire[]

cont. (ruled 1971-27 November 1973)
(ruled 1973-1984)
(ruled 1984-1997)

Mwaant Yaav under Democratic Republic of the Congo[]

cont. (ruled 1997-27 January 2005)
2005-

References[]

^ Ben Cahoon. "Congo (Kinshasa) Traditional states - Ruund (Luunda)". Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. p. 165. ISBN 0-89950-390-X.

[1] Ben Cahoon. "Congo (Kinshasa) Traditional states - Ruund (Luunda)". Retrieved 23 March 2020.

[Stewart-2] Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. p. 165. ISBN 0-89950-390-X.

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