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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

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...

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

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...

old queen mother, Tsandzile ('LaZidze'), the widow of King Sobhuza I and mother of Mswati II. Tsandzile was a formidable figure in her own right, credited...

Authorized Person of Swaziland from 1982 to 1985 after the death of King Sobhuza II, and in 1983 was briefly the acting Regent of the country, after he deposed...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...