Kingdom of Kongo

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The Kingdom of Kongo was a powerful precolonial Central African state, centered in what is now northern Angola and surrounding regions, known for its complex political organization and early contact with European powers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Kongo canonical 9
Kongo Kingdom 4
Kingdom of Kongo rulers 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical kingdom ⓘ
precolonial African state ⓘ
administrativeDivision provinces ⓘ
alternativeName Kongo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo

Kongo dya Ntotila ⓘ
linked to: Mbanza Kongo
capital Mbanza Kongo ⓘ
colonialSuccessorState Portuguese Angola ⓘ
linked to: Angola
continent Africa ⓘ
convertedTo Christianity ⓘ
currency nzimbu shells ⓘ
endTime 1914 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kongo people ⓘ
event Portuguese–Kongo contact ⓘ
firstEuropeanContactDate 1483 ⓘ
firstEuropeanContactWith Portugal ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hadVassalState Kingdom of Ndongo ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Manikongo ⓘ
importantBattle Battle of Mbwila ⓘ
importantBattleDate 1665 ⓘ
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
language Kikongo ⓘ
legalSystem customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Angola ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
missionaryActivityFrom Portugal ⓘ
missionaryOrder Franciscans ⓘ
linked to: Franciscan Order

Jesuits ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus
modernHeritageSite Mbanza Kongo UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
notableRuler Afonso I of Kongo ⓘ
António I of Kongo ⓘ
Garcia II of Kongo ⓘ
Nzinga a Nkuwu ⓘ
Pedro II of Kongo ⓘ
officialReligionUnderAfonsoI Roman Catholicism ⓘ
produced copper ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
raffia cloth ⓘ
religion Kongo traditional religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime 14th century ⓘ
c. 1390 ⓘ
tradedWith Dutch Republic ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Jemmy → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Kongo people → historicalKingdom → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Kongo people → historicalState → Kongo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo
Lower Congo region → historicalRegionOf → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Kongo → hasNameVariant → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Bakongo → historicalRegion → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Bakongo → sharesHeritageWith → Kongo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo
Bakongo → historicalState → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Bas-Congo → partOf → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Kingdom of Kongo → alternativeName → Kongo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo
São Salvador do Congo → capitalOf → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
São Salvador do Congo → foundedBy → Kingdom of Kongo rulers ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo
African peoples → notableHistoricalEmpires → Kongo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo