His majesty king sobhuza ii biography
Sobhuza II
King of Swaziland from to
For the early king of Swaziland named Sobhuza, see Sobhuza I.
Sobhuza IIKBE (Swazi:[sɔbʱuzʱa]; also known as Nkhotfotjeni, Mona;[1][2] 22 July – 21 August ) was Ngwenyama (King) of Swaziland (now Eswatini) for 82 years and days, the longest verifiable reign of any monarch in recorded history.
Sobhuza was born on 22 July at Zombodze Royal Residence, the son of InkhosikatiLomawa Ndwandwe and King Ngwane V. When he was only four months old, his father died suddenly while dancing incwala. Sobhuza was chosen king soon after that and his grandmother Labotsibeni and his uncle Prince Malunge led the Swazi nation until his maturity in [3] Sobhuza was acknowledged as King by the British in , and Swaziland achieved independence in Sobhuza continued to reign until his death in He was succeeded by Mswati III, his young son with Inkhosikati Ntfombi Tfwala, who was crowned in
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