Tibati Nkambule

Tibati Nkambule
Queen Mother of Swaziland
Reign1881–1895[1]
Predecessor Sisile 'LaMgangeni' Khumalo[2]
SuccessorLabotsibeni Mdluli[2]
KingMbandzeni (until 1889)[2]
None (since 1889)
Queen regent of Swaziland
Regency1889–1895[3]
PredecessorMbandzeni (as king)
SuccessorBhunu (as king)
BornTibati Madvolomafisha Nkambule
Diedc. February 1895[3]
BurialMbilaneni
SpouseKing Mswati II
IssueMbandzeni
FatherChief Mbandzeni Nkambule

Tibati Madvolomafisha Nkambule (died c. February 1895) was the Queen Mother of Swaziland from 1881 to 1889.[4] She was the aunt of King Mbandzeni and following Mbandzeni's death in 1889, she served as the Queen Regent of Swaziland during the minority of King Bhunu, Mbandzeni's son.[4][5]

She was a wife of King Mswati II and the sister of Nandzi Nkambule, King Mbandzeni's mother.[6] Both King Mswati II and Tibati had a son named Longcongco.[6]

Background

Both Tibati and King Mbandzeni's mother, Nandzi Nkambule, were sisters. They were the daughters of Mbandzeni Nkambule, a Swazi chief of the Nkambule clan.[7]

Nandzi was put to death by King Mswati II while Mbandzeni was still young.[6] Mbandzeni was therefore raised by Sisile 'LaMgangeni' Khumalo, another of King Mswati II's wives and mother of the Crown Prince Ludvonga II.[2]

Following the death of King Mswati II in 1868, the Liqoqo, a royal advisory committee, selected LaMgangeni to be Queen regent of Swaziland while her son Ludvonga II was a minor[8] but in 1872 Ludvonga II unexpectedly died from poisoning.[9] Following this period of mourning, LaMgangeni was entrusted once again by the council with identifying a successor amongst Mswati II's sons and she selected Mbandzeni.[9]

In 1881, Mbandzeni put LaMgangeni to death following a fallout with the King[9] and Tibati was named the Queen Mother of Swaziland from 1881 until her death in 1895.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Issue: Queen Mothers of Swaziland (Swaziland, 2006)". TouchStamps. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  2. ^ a b c d Siyinqaba (1984). "The Swazi Monarchy". Africa Insight. 14 (1): 14–16.
  3. ^ a b "Eswatini (Swaziland)". worldstatesmen.org.
  4. ^ a b c Bonner, Philip (1983). Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires: The Evolution and Dissolution of the Nineteenth-Century Swazi State. Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press. Page 163
  5. ^ Matsebula, JSM (1988): History of Swaziland, 3rd Ed. Longman Penguin Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. Pages 70 and 73. ISBN 9780582031678
  6. ^ a b c Matsebula, J.S.M. (1988). Page 70-75
  7. ^ Matsebula, J.S.M. (1988). Page 16
  8. ^ Gillis D, Hugh. The Kingdom of Swaziland: Studies in Political History (PDF), Greenwood Press. Page 26. ISBN 0313306702
  9. ^ a b c Matsebula, J.S.M. (1988). Page 62, 70, 71 and 73
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