Pedro III of Kongo

Pedro III
Mwene Kongo
ReignJanuary – June 1669
PredecessorÁlvaro VIII
SuccessorÁlvaro IX
Born1648
Died1680 (aged 34/35)
DynastyHouse of Kinlaza

Pedro III Nsimba Ntamba (1648–1680) was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo during its tumultuous civil war period. He was the elder brother of King Joāo II and one of many partisans of the House of Kinlaza. Since 1666, the two royal kandas, or lineages, Kinlaza and Kimpanzu, had been fighting bitterly over the Kingdom of Kongo.