Lobengula

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Lobengula was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lobengula canonical 11
King of Matabeleland 2
King Lobengula 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ndebele monarch ⓘ
human ⓘ
king ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lobengula Khumalo ⓘ
Lobengula Kumalo ⓘ
linked to: Lobengula Khumalo
associatedWithEvent British colonization of Zimbabwe ⓘ
First Matabele War ⓘ
Rudd Concession of 1888 ⓘ
linked to: Rudd Concession
birthDate c. 1845 ⓘ
birthPlace Matabeleland ⓘ
near Bulawayo ⓘ
capital Bulawayo ⓘ
conflict British Empire ⓘ
British South Africa Company ⓘ
Cecil Rhodes ⓘ
country Matabele Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Matabele

Ndebele Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate c. 1894 ⓘ
deathPlace in present-day Zambia ⓘ
near the Zambezi River ⓘ
dynasty Khumalo dynasty ⓘ
endOfOfficeReason British conquest of the Ndebele Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: First Matabele War
era late 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ndebele people ⓘ
Northern Ndebele ⓘ
father Mzilikazi ⓘ
languageSpoken Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
mother Fulatha Tshabalala ⓘ
name Lobengula ⓘ
notableFor First Matabele War ⓘ
being the second and last king of the Ndebele Kingdom ⓘ
conflict with the British South Africa Company ⓘ
resisting British colonial encroachment ⓘ
signing the Rudd Concession ⓘ
positionHeld King of the Matabele ⓘ
linked to: King of the Ndebele

King of the Ndebele ⓘ
predecessor Mzilikazi ⓘ
region present-day Zimbabwe ⓘ
southern Africa ⓘ
reignEnd 1894 ⓘ
reignStart c. 1870 ⓘ
religion traditional Ndebele beliefs ⓘ
residence Bulawayo ⓘ
signed Rudd Concession ⓘ
successor none ⓘ
territoryRuled Matabeleland ⓘ
parts of present-day Zimbabwe ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lobengula Khumalo → alsoKnownAs → Lobengula ⓘ
Lobengula Khumalo → alsoKnownAs → Lobengula of Matabeleland ⓘ
linked to: Lobengula
Lobengula Khumalo → positionHeld → King of the Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Lobengula
Lobengula Khumalo → positionHeld → King of Matabeleland ⓘ
linked to: Lobengula
Kingdom of Matabele → ruler → Lobengula ⓘ
Mzilikazi kaMashobane → positionHeld → King of Matabeleland ⓘ
linked to: Lobengula
Lobengula → name → Lobengula ⓘ
House of Khumalo → notableMember → Lobengula ⓘ
Rudd Concession → signatory → Lobengula ⓘ
Rudd Concession → grantedBy → Lobengula ⓘ
Shangani Patrol incident → opponent → King Lobengula ⓘ
linked to: Lobengula
Mzilikazi → successor → Lobengula ⓘ
Wilson’s Patrol → target → Lobengula ⓘ