Sobhuza II, KBE (Swazi: [sɔbʱuzʱa]; also known as Nkhotfotjeni, Mona; 22 July 1899 – 21 August 1982), was Ngwenyama (King) of Swaziland (now Eswatini)...

Sobhuza was succeeded by his son Mswati II and his wife Tsandzile Ndwandwe as Queen Mother after a short regency by Queen Lojiba Simelane. Sobhuza by...

Sobhuza may refer to: Sobhuza I of Swaziland (ca. 1780 – 1839?), king (ngwenyama) of KaNgwane Sobhuza II of Swaziland (1899 – 1982), Paramount Chief and...

King Sobhuza II Memorial Park. The Embo State Palace, not open to visitors, was built by the British government for the polygamous King Sobhuza II, whose...

prosecution. He was born in Manzini in the Protectorate of Swaziland to King Sobhuza II and one of his younger wives, Ntfombi Tfwala. He was crowned as Mswati...

into one nation.[citation needed] Ingwenyama Mswati II was born as a son of Somhlolo or Sobhuza I and Queen Tsandzile Ndwandwe, the daughter of Zwide...

III. Ntfombi married King Sobhuza II of Swaziland, with whom she had a son, Prince Makhosetive Dlamini. In 1982 King Sobhuza designated another of his...

Queen Ntfombi Tfwala, the mother of Ngwenyama Mswati III and wife of Sobhuza II. She was also queen regent from 1983 until 1986 when Mswati became king...

(Queen Regent): 1780 Ndvungunye (Zikodze, Mavuso II): 1780–1815 Lomvula Mndzebele (Queen Regent): 1815 Sobhuza I (Somhlolo, also known as Ngwane IV): 1815–1839...

mother) of Swaziland, the wife of King Ngwane V, and the mother of King Sobhuza II. Ndwandwe, of the Esikoteni branch of the Ndwandwe clan, was born to Chief...

was suspended by King Sobhuza II who thereafter ruled the country by decree until his death in 1982. At this point Sobhuza II had ruled Eswatini for...

troops during the war. World War II was also responsible for several important domestic developments in Eswatini. Sobhuza II, the King of Eswatini at the...

was suspended by King Sobhuza II who thereafter ruled the country by decree until his death in 1982. At that point, Sobhuza II had been king of Swaziland...

been very influential during his reign continued as queen regent until Sobhuza was crowned in 1921. Ngwane's reign gave way to a stable territory surrounded...

Sobhuza II of Swaziland and Princess Manoni, who was herself the granddaughter of King Mbandzeni, a former Swati king, Mantfombi's father Sobhuza II,...

cinemas for 100 days, and beyond. The longest reigning monarch in history, Sobhuza II of Swaziland, celebrated his (60 year) diamond jubilee in 1981, dating...

independence from the British Empire one month before. The design by King Sobhuza II features a black and white shield, with a staff and two spears, on a field...

uncertain. Sobhuza II, the longest-ruling verifiable monarch ever known Louis XIV, the longest-ruling verifiable sovereign monarch Elizabeth II, the longest-ruling...

June 2022. "Rudolf II | king of Burgundy". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 13 June 2022. "Cultural Resources: King Sobhuza II". Swaziland National...

Eswatini between 21 August 1982 and 9 August 1983. She was a wife of king Sobhuza II of Eswatini, and with him had one child, Prince Khuzulwandle Dlamini....

who ascended to the throne in 1986 after the death of his father King Sobhuza II in 1982 and a period of regency. According to the constitution of Eswatini...

hundred blood-related uncles and aunts through her grandfather, King Sobhuza II, who had seventy wives and two hundred and one children. She is also one...

latter that he had his son Sobhuza I. Lojiba however became Queen mother as she was a senior sister to Somnjalose. Sobhuza I became the king in 1815 after...

office 1 Alfonso XIII King of Spain 1886 0 days 2 Sobhuza II King of Swaziland 1899 141 days 3 Fuad II King of Egypt 1952 192 days 4 Puyi Emperor of China...

1916 Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse 1917 King George Tupou II of Tonga 1918 King Sobhuza II of Swaziland 1924 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy 1925 King...

or aluminum wheel covers. For 1996, the LeSabre received the 3800 Series II powerplant, with a gain of 35 hp (26 kW). The engine increased fuel economy...

traditions embodied in the political vision of King Sobhuza II, who later became a close friend. King Sobhuza II personally awarded Kuper with Swazi citizenship...

Ricans. In exchange for greater Swazi autonomy from the British, King Sobhuza II gathered a few thousand Swazi volunteers to fight with the Allies in the...

him. He was buried at the royal burial site at Mbilaneni where Mswati II and Sobhuza I had been buried. Mbandzeni like other Swazi kings before him had many...

fund which was created through royal charter under the reign of King Sobhuza II in 1968. The company is currently held by King Mswati III in trust for...