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    Lukeni lua Nimi (also Ntinu Nimi a Lukeni; c. 1380–c. 1420) was the traditional founder of the Lukeni kanda dynasty, first king of Kongo and founder of...
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    Álvaro I Nimi a Lukeni lua Mvemba was a Manikongo (Mwene Kongo), or king of Kongo, from 1568 to 1587, and the founder of the Kwilu dynasty. Álvaro's father...
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    Nimi a Nzima and Lukeni lua Nsanze's son Lukeni lua Nimi (circa 1380–1420) began the expansion that would found the Kingdom of Kongo. The name Nimi a...
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  • the "Grandfather of Kongo".: 27–29  Tradition holds that Nimi Nzima's son, Lukeni lua Nimi, wishing to aggrandise himself, built a fortress and blocked...
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  • Roman Empire. Angola Kingdom of Kongo: Kilukeni (complete list) – Lukeni lua Nimi, Manikongo (1390s) Cameroon Kingdom of Bamum (complete list) – Nchare...
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    existing in the Kingdom of Kongo from the time of its formation with Lukeni lua Nimi enslaving the Mwene Kabunga whom he conquered to establish the kingdom...
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    would become the basis of the Kongo Kingdom. Nimi a Nzinga and Luqueni Lua Sange had a son named Lukeni Lia Nimi, who would become the first person to receive...
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    Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1429) King Lukeni lua Nimi of the Kingdom of Kongo (d. 1420) Thomas à Kempis, German monk and...
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    1803 – start 1830) André II Mvizi a Lukeni (ruled start 1830–1842) Henrique III Mpanzu a Nsindi a Nimi a Lukeni (ruled 1842 – January 1857) Álvaro XIII...
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  • one of two cousins of Kongo's founder, Lukeni lua Nimi. He and Quinanga of Kongo were kings between Lukeni lua Nimi, the first king, and Nkuwu a Ntinu, the...
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    the Kingdom of Kongo Awenekongo of the Kilukeni kanda (1390–1567) Lukeni lua Nimi Nanga of Kongo Nlaza of Kongo Nkuwu a Ntinu of Kongo João I of Kongo...
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  • he died. It is known that he was a cousin of the kingdom's founder, Lukeni lua Nimi. List of rulers of Kongo Kingdom of Kongo Thornton, John (2001). "The...
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  • Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1429) King Lukeni lua Nimi of the Kingdom of Kongo (d. 1420) Thomas à Kempis, German monk and...
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    the name of the kanda is Lukeni. It is taken from the first name of the founder of the kingdom, Lukeni lua Nimi. Lukeni lua Nimi ruled around the 1390s...
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  • According to oral traditions it was established in around 1400 when King Lukeni lua Nimi conquered the kingdom of Kabunga and established Mbanza Kongo as its...
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    Dya Ntotila, was Nimi a Nzima and Luqueni Luansanze's son Lukeni lua Nimi (c. 1380 CE – 1420 CE). After the death of Nimi a Lukeni, his brother, Mbokani...
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  • 1470. Manikongo Nkuwu a Ntinu was the son of the Kongo's founder, Lukeni lua Nimi. Little is known about him or his reign other than he did not rule...
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  • Galina, Dogaressa of Venice Epiphanius the Wise, Russian saint King Lukeni lua Nimi of the Kingdom of Kongo (b. 1380) 1421 January 10 – Niccolò I Trinci...
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    Galina, Dogaressa of Venice Epiphanius the Wise, Russian saint King Lukeni lua Nimi of the Kingdom of Kongo (b. 1380) Zschokke, Heinrich and Emil (1855)...
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  • the Kingdom of Kongo Awenekongo of the Kilukeni kanda (1390–1567) Lukeni lua Nimi Nanga of Kongo Nlaza of Kongo Nkuwu a Ntinu of Kongo João I of Kongo...
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    capital of the Kingdom of Kongo was established at M'banza-Kongo by Lukeni lua Nimi, the first king. The kingdom was expanded by alliance and conquest...
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    Serufuli Ngayabaseka Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma Kisula Ngoy Bernadette Ngoyisa Lukeni lua Nimi Laurent Nkunda Kavidi Wivine N'Landu Shabani Nonda Mayinga N'Seka Dituabanza...
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    Alvaro II claims the throne upon the dath of his father, Álvaro I Nimi a Lukeni lua Mvemba. March 15 – English privateer accepts a commission from the...
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    Alvaro II claims the throne upon the dath of his father, Álvaro I Nimi a Lukeni lua Mvemba. March 15 – English privateer accepts a commission from the...
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