Chwa I Nabakka (also spelt as Ccwa) was

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(King) of the

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. He reigned during the mid 14th century. He was the 2nd Kabaka of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was the son of Kabaka Kato Kintu, the first Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned in the early 14th century. His mother was Nambi Nantuttululu, of the Ngeye Clan. He ascended to the

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following the death of his father. He established his

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at Bigo Hill.

Marital life

He married two

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: *Naabakyaala Nakku, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Walusimbi of the Ffumbe clan. After the death of Kabaka Chwa I, she married Sebwaana, a

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. *Nakiwala, daughter of Semwanga, of the Ngonge clan.

Issue

*Prince (Omulangira) Kalemeera, whose mother was Nakiwala. Kalemeera was driven out of

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and forced to seek refuge in

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, on the orders of his father. In Bunyoro, Kalemeera was accommodated at the court of his uncle, Omukama Winyi I of Bunyoro. There, he committed

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with Lady Wannyana, daughter of Mugalula Buyonga, a

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, the chief wife of his uncle. The affair resulted in a son; one Prince Kimera Walusimbi.

The final years

Kabaka Kintu

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and settled in Magonga. He is said to have disappeared. To this day, his place of death and burial are unknown. Following his death, there followed a period of

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under the Prime Ministers Walusimbi and his successor, Sebwaana. This period lasted until 1374.

Succession table

References

External links

List of the Kings of Buganda
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