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Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa (?? – December 1896, Marangara province, Nyanza,
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) was
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of
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between September 1895 and December 1896, having been made co-ruler by his father
Kigeli IV Rwabugiri Kigeli IV Rwabugiri (1840? – September 1895) was the king (''King of Rwanda, mwami'') of the Kingdom of Rwanda in the mid-nineteenth century. He was among the last Nyiginya kings in a ruling dynasty that had traced its lineage back to Gihanga, ...
in 1889. Rutarindwa is sometimes transcribed Rutalindwa.


Rule

His adopted father, Kigeli IV Rwabugiri, had proclaimed him co-ruler in 1889, effectively designating him his successor. On Rwabugiri's unexpected death in 1895 while on an expedition in modern-day
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, he was proclaimed king. Rwandan Queen Mothers were politically powerful. Rutarindwa's mother had died and, consequently, Rwabugiri appointed another of his wives, Kanjogera, as his surrogate mother. With the death of Rwabugiri, she and her brothers Kabare and Ruhinankiko plotted to put her own young son Musinga, the future king
Yuhi V Musinga Yuhi Musinga (Yuhi V of Rwanda, 1883 – 13 January 1944) was a king (''List of kings of Rwanda, umwami'') of Kingdom of Rwanda, Rwanda who came to power in 1896 and collaborated with the German East Africa, German government to strengthen his o ...
, on the throne. This culminated in late 1896 in a battle between the King's and the Queen Mother's factions called the Rucunshu Coup, named for the hill that Rutarindwa had moved his court to. After the battle, Rutarindwa committed suicide, and the royal drum was destroyed when his house was burnt down.


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Year of birth missing 1896 deaths Kings of Rwanda 19th-century monarchs in Africa 1890s suicides Suicides in Africa {{Rwanda-bio-stub