eSwatini family tree
This detailed royal lineage and historical background of the Swati nation. Is a rich and intricate history that showcases the continuity of leadership, the emergence of clan lineages, and the cultural evolution of the eSwatini people.
Ancient kings of eSwatini
- Mkhulu Nkhosi
- Qobizitha
- Sukuta
- Madlamsamo
- Ndlovu
- Ngwekati
- Mawawa/Kuwawa
- Sidvwvabasilutuli
- Gebase
- Kunene
- Nkhabingwe
- Madlabane
- Hhili
- Dulunga
- Dondobala
- Sihuba
- Mlangeni
- Msimdze
- Mbhodlo/Mbhoholo
- Tembe
- Sikhulumaloyo
- Langa Samketi
- Nkhomo
- Khabakho
- Nkhosi I (1355–1400)
- Ngwane I (1400–1435)
- Dlamini I (Matalatala) (1435–1465)
- Mswati I (1480–1520)
- Ngwane II (1520–1550)
- Dlamini II (1555–1600)
- Nkhosi II (Mshengu) (1600–1640)
- Mavuso I (1645–1680)
- Magudvulela I (1685)
- Ludvonga I (1685–1715)
- Hlubi (Dlamini III) (1720–1744)
- Ngwane III (1745–1780)
- Layaka Ndwandwe (Regent) (1780)
- Ndvungunye (Mavuso II) (1780–1815)
- Lomvula Mndzebele (Regent) (1815)
- Sobhuza I (Somhlolo) (1815–1839)
- Lojiba Simelane (Regent) (1839–1840)
- Mswati II (Mavuso III) (1840–1868)
- Tsandzile Ndwandwe (Regent) (1868–1875)
- Ludvonga II (Macalebi) (1868)
- Mbandzeni (1875–1894)
- Tsandzile + Gwamile (1894)
- Mahlokohla (1894–1899)
- Gwamile Mdluli (1899–1921)
- Sobhuza II (1921–1968)
- Makhosetive (Mswati III) (1968–Present)