Queen MBANDE Nzinga a

1582 - 1663  (81 years)

• Name	MBANDE Nzinga a
  	Nzinga was a 17th century queen of the Ndongo and Matambe kingdoms of the Mbundo people in Angola. She was named Nzinga because she was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. Nzinga first appears in historical records as the evnoy of her brother Ngiolssa Ngola Mbande at a peace conference with the Portuquese governor Joao Correia de Souse in Luanda in 1622. Her fist husband, Prince Ngola a Azize was killed along with her first son. She agreed to a negotiated marriage with Kasanje Imangala with whom she had 2 children. This arranged marriage did not last long. as war broke out between the Ndongo and the Imbangala kingdoms. After her son Duarte Mon Nzinga was indentured by the Portuguese and shipped to the americas, she was anxious that her daughter Njinga Mona Imbangala not succeed her, she tried to vest power in the Ngola Kanini family and arrange for her sister to marry Joao Guterres Ngola Kanini and succeed her. This marriage was not allowed. Her sister was taken by the Imbangala and drowned in the Kwanza River to stop the marriage. Despite numerous attempts to dethrone her, especially by the son of her former husband Kasanje, who was killed in a battle in the war between the Imbangala and the Ndongo she remained in power until her death.
  Title	Queen
  Nickname	Ana de Sousa
  Born	1582	, , Angola, Africa
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Nov 1663	Matamba, Malanje, Angola, Africa
  Person ID	I16286	Kinchen Hays
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	KILUANJI Ndambe (1550), L6WM-MGD,   b. 1550, Angola, Africa ,   d. Angola, Africa
  Mother	KANGELA Queen, L6241V1 ,   d. 1617, Ndongo, Huambo, Angola
  Family ID	F7011184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	AZEZE Mr.,   d. 1617, Ndongo, Huambo, Angola
  Children	1. MBANDE unknown (1597),   b. 1597, Ndongo, Huambo, Angola ,   d. 1617, Ndongo, Huambo, Angola  (Age 20 years)
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F7011223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	IMBANGALA Kasanje (d:1657),   d. 1657
  Children	1. MONA IMBANGALA Njinga (1618),   b. About 1618, Sierra Leone, Angola + 2. MON NZINGA Duarte (1618),   b. 1618, Angola Town, Western Area, Sierra Leone ,   d. 28 Jan 1669, Rappahannock, Virginia, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F7011217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart