Cetshwayo

Cetshwayo kaMpande
Photograph of Cetshwayo by Alexander Bassano in Old Bond Street, London, c. 1882
King of the Zulu Nation
Reign1 September 1873 – 8 February 1884
PredecessorMpande kaSenzangakhona
SuccessorDinuzulu kaCetshwayo
Born1826
Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
Died8 February 1884 (aged 58)
Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
IssueDinuzulu
HouseHouse of Zulu

Cetshwayo kaMpande (/kɛtʃˈwaɪ.oʊ/; Zulu pronunciation: [ᵏǀétʃwajo kámpande]; c. 1826 – 8 February 1884) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His name has been transliterated as Cetywayo or Cetshwayo. Cetshwayo consistently opposed the war and sought fruitlessly to make peace with the British and was defeated and exiled following the Zulu defeat in the war. He was later allowed to return to Zululand, where he died in 1884.

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