Cetewayo, King of Zululand, approximately 1826-1884
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- Summary
- Cetshwayo kaMpande was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His name has been rendered as Cetywayo or Cetshwayo. Cetshwayo consistently opposed the war and sought fruitlessly to make peace with the British and was defeated and exiled following the Zulu defeat in the war. He was later allowed to return to Zululand, where he died in 1884. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1826 [3]
- Birth Place
- Eshowe [3]
- KwaZulu-Natal [3]
- Died
- 1884-02-08 [3]
- Death Place
- Eshowe [3]
- Country
- South Africa [2]
- Occupation
- monarch [3]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [3]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [3]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [3]
- Notable Names Database
- Profile [3]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [3]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [3]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Wikidata
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