Maniema

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Maniema is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its provincial capital is Kindu. It borders Kasai-Oriental to the west, Orientale to the north, Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu to the east, and Katanga to the south.




kingdom(s)

      1585                Luba kingdom founded
      1889                ruling lineage split into two ruling lineages

Kings or emperors (title muLopwe)

      1781 -        1809  Ilunga Nsungu
    c.1800                  Kasongo Kukaya (in rebellion)
      1809 -        1837  Maniema Ngombe
      1837                Ndaye Muzinga (usurper)
      1837 -        1864  Ilunga Kabale
      1864 -        1865  Maloba Konkola
      1865 -        1869  Kitamba
      1869 -        1886  Kasongo a Kalombo                  (b. ... - d. 1886)
      1886 -        1889  Nday a Mande                       (b. ... - d. 1889)

- Lineage 1 -

      1889 -    Oct 1917  Kasongo a Nyembo                   (b. 18... - d. 1917)
      1917 -        1935  Maniema Ilunga Kumwimba             (b. ... - d. 1948)
      1935 -        1957  Ilunga Kisuku
      1957 -        1964  Kasongo a Nyembo
      1964 -              Kisula Ngoy

- Lineage 2 -

      1889 -        1946  Maniema Nilemba           (b. ... - d. 1946)
      1946 - 25 Oct 1960  Kabongo Boniface Kalowa
                          = Ilunga Balowa Boniface
                          = Dibwe Kalowa Boniface            (b. 1905/10 - d. 1960)
  Oct 1960 -        198. Maniema              (b. ... - d. 198...)