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    Sobhuza II, KBE (Swazi: [sɔbʱuzʱa]; also known as Nkhotfotjeni, Mona; 22 July 1899 – 21 August 1982), was Ngwenyama (King) of Swaziland (now Eswatini)...
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  • Sobhuza was succeeded by his son Mswati II and his wife Tsandzile Ndwandwe as Queen Mother after a short regency by Queen Lojiba Simelane. Sobhuza by...
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  • Sobhuza may refer to: Sobhuza I of Swaziland (ca. 1780 – 1839?), king (ngwenyama) of KaNgwane Sobhuza II of Swaziland (1899 – 1982), Paramount Chief and...
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    King Sobhuza II Memorial Park. The Embo State Palace, not open to visitors, was built by the British government for the polygamous King Sobhuza II, whose...
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    prosecution. He was born in Manzini in the Protectorate of Swaziland to King Sobhuza II and one of his younger wives, Ntfombi Tfwala. He was crowned as Mswati...
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    III. Ntfombi married King Sobhuza II of Swaziland, with whom she had a son, Prince Makhosetive Dlamini. In 1982 King Sobhuza designated another of his...
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  • into one nation.[citation needed] Ingwenyama Mswati II was born as a son of Somhlolo or Sobhuza I and Queen Tsandzile Ndwandwe, the daughter of Zwide...
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    Queen Ntfombi Tfwala, the mother of Ngwenyama Mswati III and wife of Sobhuza II. She was also queen regent from 1983 until 1986 when Mswati became king...
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    (Queen Regent): 1780 Ndvungunye (Zikodze, Mavuso II): 1780–1815 Lomvula Mndzebele (Queen Regent): 1815 Sobhuza I (Somhlolo, also known as Ngwane IV): 1815–1839...
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    was suspended by King Sobhuza II who thereafter ruled the country by decree until his death in 1982. At that point, Sobhuza II had been king of Swaziland...
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