Afonso II of Kongo and Nkondo - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Afonso II of Kongo and Nkondo was a ruler of the kingdom of Kongo

Kingdom of Kongo

The Kingdom of Kongo was an African kingdom located in west central Africa in what are now northern Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

in the period following the Kongo Civil War. He was a member of the House of Kimpanzu and may have been supported in his claim for the throne by partisans in Soyo

Soyo

Soyo is a city located in the province of Zaire in Angola. Soyo recently became the largest oil-producing region in the country, with an estimate of .-Early history:...

. He took the throne in November of 1665 in the first of a series of power grabs for the throne of the kingdom.

Overthrow and exile

The House of Kinlaza, which had held the throne of Kongo for the last three decades, acted swiftly to remove their rivals from power. King Afonso II was deposed only a month into his term in December of 1665. In place of Afonso II, the Kinlaza put Álvaro VII

Álvaro VII of Kongo

Álvaro VII was king of the Kingdom of Congo from 1665 to 1666.When the death of Antonio I at the Battle of Mbwila was announced, a relative of the dead sovereign, Álvaro, was proclaimed king....

in power. The deposed king was forced to flee into the mountains of Nkondo where he ruled in opposition to the Kinlaza partisans in Kongo. He ruled Nkondo until his death in 1669.

Overthrow and exile

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