Namuggala of Buganda
Ssekabaka Namuggala Kagali | |
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Kabaka of Buganda | |
Reign | 1741 - 1750 |
Predecessor | Mwanga I of Buganda |
Successor | Kyabaggu of Buganda |
Born | Uganda |
Died | 1750 Nalubugo Hill |
Burial | Muyomba, Busiro |
Spouse | 1. Nabakyaala Basuuta 2. Lady Najjuka 3. Lady Nakangu 4. Lady Nalubowa 5. Lady Nalunga 6. Lady Nawaguma |
Father | Prince Musanje Golooba |
Mother | Namasole Nabulya Naluggwa |
Namuggala Kagali was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, between 1741 and 1750. He was the twenty-fourth (24th) Kabaka of Buganda.
Claim to the throne[]
He was the second son of . His mother was Nabulya Naluggwa of the Ndiga clan, the second of his father's wives. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his elder brother, Kabaka Mwanga I Sebanakitta, in 1741. He established his capital at Nansana.[citation needed]
Married life[]
He is recorded to have married six (6) wives:
- Naabakyaala Basuuta, the Kaddulubaale, daughter Masembe, of the Nsenene clan
- Najjuka, daughter of Gunju, of the Butiko clan
- Nakangu, daughter of Kagenda, of the Mamba clan
- Nalubowa, daughter of Seggiriinya, of the Ngo (Leopard) clan.
- Nalunga, daughter of Terwewalwa, of the Nvuma clan.
- Nawaguma, daughter of Kisuule, of the Tembo? clan
Issue[]
He is recorded to have fathered three sons:
- Prince (Omulangira) Kateregga, whose mother was Basuuta
- Prince (Omulangira) Ngabo, whose mother was Najjuka
- Prince (Omulangira) Kiboli, whose mother was Nawaguma
The final years[]
His genial nature made him a more acceptable candidate to men who still remembered the tyranny of Kagulu’s rule.
-MM Semakula Kiwanuka.[1]
Kabaka Namuggala abdicated in favor of his younger brother, Kyabaggu Kabinuli, around 1750. He died, following an accidental fall on Nalubugo Hill, after his abdication.[citation needed] He was buried at Muyomba, Busiro.[2]
Succession table[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, A History of Buganda: From the foundation of the Kingdom to 1900. London: Longman, 1971.
- ^ "Kabaka Namuggala Is Buried At Muyomba, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
External links[]
- Kabakas of Buganda
- 18th-century monarchs in Africa
- Deaths from falls