Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo was the king of
Burundi
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...
. He ascended to the throne c.1735-1739 and ruled until his death in 1767.
He succeeded king
Mwezi III Ndagushimiye.
Life
His predecessor as king of Burundi was his father Mwezi III of Burundi.
In Mutaga's life there had been conflicts with Ruanda. Fights that had begun with Burundis expansion northward ended when Mutaga married Rujugira, the daughter of Ruanda's king.
These wars restarted in later years and he died in
Butare
Butare (), also known as Huye and formerly known as Astrida, is a city with a population of 62,823 (2022 census) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the seventh largest town in Rwanda by population.
Histo ...
.
Mwambutsa I became his successor.
References
Kings of Burundi
18th-century monarchs in Africa
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