Ntare II Rutaganzwa Rugamba (c. 1800 - c. 1850) 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 was the son of king

Mwambutsa I Mbariza Mwambutsa I Mbariza was the ruler of the Kingdom of Burundi The Kingdom of Burundi (), also known as Kingdom of Urundi (), was a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom in the modern-day Burundi, Republic of Burundi. The Ganwa monarchs (with the title of ' ...

and Msabiyije, a wife from the influential Bashoka Tutsi clan. The early years of his reign began with a regency, which was common in Burundian royal history. Ntare's inherited kingdom was approximately half the size of the present-day Burundi. Early in his rule, he came into conflict with Nsoro Nyabarega, the ruler of Bugesera. Eventually, around 1840, Ntare conquered the Buyogoma with the support of his son Rwasha. He achieved the greatest expansion in the history of Burundi, doubling the territory. Ntare II was succeeded by

Mwezi IV of Burundi King Mwami Mwezi IV Gisabo Bikata-Bijoga (c. 1840–1908) was the last independent ruler of Burundi before its colonization by the German Empire. Biography He ascended to the throne in 1850 after succeeding his father. Ntare IV Rutaganzwa Rug ...

, also known as Mwezi Gisabo.

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