Bernardo II of Kongo
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Bernardo II Nimi a Nkanga was a manikongo
of the Kingdom of Kongo
who ruled from 12 August 1614 until August of 1615. He was the son of King Álvaro II.
Like the last two kings of Kongo, Bernaro II belonged to the Kwilu kanda
or royal House of Kwilu.
Manikongo
The Manikongo or MweneKongo was the title of the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo, a kingdom that existed from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries and consisted of land in present-day Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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...
who ruled from 12 August 1614 until August of 1615. He was the son of King Álvaro II.
Like the last two kings of Kongo, Bernaro II belonged to the Kwilu kanda
Kanda (lineage)
Kanda In Kikongo any social or analytical group, but often applied to lineages or groups of associated people who form a faction, band or other group. In Kongo documents written in Portuguese, or in older Portuguese accounts of Kongo it often is translated by "geração"...
or royal House of Kwilu.
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See also
- List of rulers of Kongo
- Kingdom of KongoKingdom of KongoThe 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...