Lojiba Simelane was the queen regent
Indlovukati of
Swaziland
Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
from 1836 after the death of
Sobhuza I until 1840 when
King Mswati II became the king.Lojiba Simelani's first born son prince Sononde was young during the death of his father. King Mswati II was made king for that reason. Sononde and his mother rebeled against the former Swati king's advisors and later chased out of Swaziland.
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Women rulers in Africa
Swazi monarchs
19th-century monarchs in Africa
19th-century women rulers
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