Ssekabaka Mwanga I Sebanakitta | |
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Kabaka of Buganda | |
Reign | 1740 - 1741 |
Predecessor | Mawanda of Buganda |
Successor | Namuggala of Buganda |
Born | Uganda |
Died | 1741 Unknown |
Burial | Kavumba, Busiro |
Spouse | 1. Lady Najjuma 2. Lady Nakabugo 3. Nabakyaala Nakiwala 4. Lady Nalubowa 5. Lady Namakula |
Father | Prince Musanje Golooba |
Mother | Namasole Nabulya Naluggwa |
Mwanga I Sebanakitta was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1740 until 1741. He was the twenty third (23rd) Kabaka of Buganda.
He was the eldest son of Prince Musanje Golooba. His mother was Nabulya Naluggwa of the Ndiga clan, the second wife of his father. He ascended to the throne after the death of his uncle, Kabaka Mawanda Sebanakitta, in 1740.[ citation needed]
He is recorded to have married five (5) wives: [1]
He is recorded to have fathered three (3) sons:
Mwanga is said to have reigned for only two months; he was a cruel man and it was his cruelty which resulted in his untimely death.
-MM Semakula Kiwanuka. [2]
Kabaka Mwanga I Sebanakitta was killed by Nkunnumbi, in revenge for the murder of his son, around 1741. He was initially buried at Meerera. In 1860, his remains were exhumed and re-buried at Kavumba, Busiro.
[3] He was succeeded by his brother,
Prince Namuggala Kagali.