Rulers: Zambia
Traditional polities
Note: There are numerous states of various sizes. Recorded here are the three major ones. In 1969 all states were officially derecognized.
Bemba
bf.1700 principal state of the Bemba ethnic group founded by
Citi mukulu
1969 state derecognized
Rulers (title Citimukulu)
- Bena Ngandu dynasty -
... - 1820 Cilyamafwa
1820 - 1827 Susula Cincinta
1827 - 1860 Cileshye cepela
1860 - 1866 Bwembya
1866 - 1883 Mutale Mutuka Citapankwa I (b. ... - d. 1883)
1883 - 1884 vacant
1884 - May 1896 Mulenda Sampa kapalakashya (b. ... - d. 1896)
1896 - 1898 vacant
1898 - 1911 Cimfwembe Mulenga Makumba (b. ... - d. 1911)
1911 - 1913 vacant
1913 - 1916 Mutale Lwanga (b. ... - d. 1916)
1916 - 1918 vacant
1918 - 1922 Ponde (b. ... - d. 1922)
1922 - 1924 vacant
1924 - 1943 Kanyanta (b. ... - d. 1943)
1943 - 1944 vacant
1944 - 1945 Mubanga Cisupa (not installed) (b. ... - d. 1945)
1945 - 1946 vacant
1946 - 1965 Kafula Musungu (b. ... - d. 1965)
1965 - 27 Oct 1969 Musenga (b. ... - d. 1969)
1969 - 19.. Bwembya
1981 - 11 Aug 2004 Mutale Ng'andu Citapankwa II (b. ... - d. 2004)
7 May 2007 - 3 Apr 2012 Chilufya Mwango Citapankwa III (b. ... - d. 2012)
Aug 2013 - Kanyanta Manga II
Bulozi (Barotseland)
bf.1700 Bulozi kingdom founded
1838 suppressed by Makololo invaders
1864 Bulozi kingdom restored
12 May 1953 - 1964 Barotseland Protectorate
1969 state derecognized
Kings (title Mbumu wa Litunga)
- Aluyana dynasty -
... - ... Mboo Mwanasilandu
... - ... Inyambo
... - ... Yeta I
... - ... Numwa
... - ... Ngalama
... - ... Yeta II Malute
... - ... Ngombala
... - ... Yubya Lukama (regent)
... - ... Mwanawina I
... - 1812 Mwananyanda Liwale
1812 - 1830 Mulambwa Santulu
1830 Silumelume
1830 - 1838 Mubukwanu
1838 Imasiku
Makololo chiefs (title Morêna)
1838 - 7 Jul 1851 Sebetwane (b. ... - d. 1851)
1851 Mma Motshisane (f)
1851 - Jun 1863 Sekeletu
Jun 1863 - 1863 Mambili
1863 Liswaniso (in rebellion)
1863 - 1864 Mbololo
Kings (title Mbumu wa Litunga)
- Aluyana dynasty -
Jun 1864 - Aug 1876 Sipopa (b. ... - d. 1876)
Aug 1876 - Oct 1876 Mowa Mamili (regent)
Oct 1876 - May 1878 Mwanawina II (b. ... - d. 1879)
Aug 1878 - Aug 1884 Lubosi (1st time) (b. 1842 - d. 1916)
Sep 1884 - Jul 1885 Akufuna (b. ... - d. c.1887)
1885 Sikufele (in rebellion)
4 Nov 1885 - 4 Feb 1916 Lubosi = Lewanika I (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Feb 1916 - 13 Mar 1916 Mokamba (regent)
13 Mar 1916 - Jun 1945 Yeta III (b. 1871 - d. 194...)
Jun 1945 - Jun 1946 Shemakone Kalonga Wina (1st time)
(regent)
Jun 1946 - Jun 1948 Imwiko (b. 1885 - d. 1948)
Jun 1948 - Aug 1948 Shemakone Kalonga Wina (2nd time)
(regent)
Aug 1948 - 13 Nov 1968 Mwanawina III (b. 1888 - d. 1968)
13 Nov 1968 - 15 Dec 1968 Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo (regent)
15 Dec 1968 - 1977 Lewanika II (b. 1907 - d. 1977)
1977 - 7 Jul 2000 Ilute (b. 1948 - d. 2000)
Oct 2000 - Lubosi Imwiko
British resident commissioners
1953 - 1957 Alan Forbes Bourne Glennie (b. 1903 - d. 1984)
1957 Glyn Smallwood Jones (b. 1908 - d. 1992)
1958 - 1961 Gervas Clay (b. 1907 - d. 2009)
1961 - 196. Frank Maurice Noel Heath (b. 1915)
*1963 - 1964 Colin Rawlins (b. 1919 - d. 2003)
Kazembe
c.1740 Kazembe state (named after royal style of rulers)
founded in present Congo (Kinshasa)
1904 remains of state in present Zambia
1969 state derecognized
Rulers (title Mwata Kazembe)
c.1740 Kazembe I N'ganda Bilonda
c.1745 - c.1760 Kazembe II Kanyembo Mpemba
c.1760 - Oct 1805 Kazembe III Lukwesa Ilunga (b. ... - d. 1805)
1805 - 1850 Kazembe IV Kanyembo Keleka Mayi (b. ... - d. 1850)
1850 - 1854 Kazembe V Kapumba Mwongo Mfwama
1854 - 1862 Kazembe VI Cinyanta Munona (b. ... - d. 1862)
1862 Lukweas Mpanga Mabote
(not installed)
1862 - 1870 Kazembe VII Mwonga Nsemba
1870 - 1872 Kazembe VIII Cinkonkole Kafuti
1872 - 1883 Kazembe IX Lukwesa Mpanga Mabote
(1st time)
1883 - 1885 Kazembe X Kanyembo Ntemena
(1st time) (b. ... - d. 1904)
1885 - 1886 Kazembe IX Lukwesa Mpanga Mabote
(2nd time)
1886 - 1904 Kazembe X Kanyembo Ntemena
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1904 - 1919 Kazembe XI Mwonga Kapakata
1919 - 1936 Kazembe XII Cinyanta Kasasa
1936 - 1941 Kazembe XIII Cinkonkole (b. ... - d. 1941)
1941 - 1950 Kazembe XIV Cinyanta Nankula (b. ... - d. 1950)
1950 - 1957 Kazembe XV Brown N'gombe (b. ... - d. 1957)
1957 - 1961 Kazembe XVI Kanyembo Kapema
1961 - 19 Mar 1983 Kazembe XVII Kanyembo Lutaba (b. ... - d. 1983)
1983 - Jun 1998 Kazembe XVIII Cinyanta Munona (b. ... - d. 1998)
1998 - Kazembe XIX Paul Mpemba Kanyembo (b. 1962)