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Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi was manikongo from 1545-1561. King Diogo was the grandson of king Afonso I of Kongo and won the throne after overthrowing his uncle Pedro Nkanga a Mvemba and forcing him to take refuge in a church in São Salvador. Diogo's early struggles are documented in a legal inquest he conducted in 1550 into a plot against him launched by the former king.
King Diogo was anxious to extend the RomanCatholic faith in Kongo, work already started by Afonso I during his reign and due to Portuguese influence. Though Afonso had created a model for the Roman Catholic Church in Kongo Diogo hoped to extend it throughout the rural areas and also into neighboring countries.
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Rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo |
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| Early Awenekongo (1390-1567) |
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| Awenekongo of the Kwilu kanda (1567-1622) |
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| Awenekongo of the Nkanga a Mvika kanda (1622-1626) |
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| Mwenekongo of the Kwilu kanda (1626-1636) |
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| Awenekongo of the Kimpanzu kanda (1636) |
Álvaro V of Kongo
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| Awenekongo of the Kinlaza kanda (1636-1665) |
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| Civil War Awenekongo (1665-1678) |
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Kibangu (1669-1709): Garcia III of Kibangu · André I of Kibangu · Manuel Afonso of Kibangu · Álvaro X of Kibangu · Pedro IV of Kongo
Mbamba Lovata (1678-1715): Manuel of Lovata
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Awenekongo after
the recapture of São Salvador (1709-1891) |
Pedro IV of Kongo · Manuel II of Kongo · Garcia IV of Kongo · Manuel II of Kongo · Garcia IV of Kongo · Nicolau I of Kongo · Afonso IV of Kongo · António II of Kongo · Sebastião I of Kongo · Pedro V of Kongo · Álvaro XI of Kongo · José I of Kongo · Afonso V of Kongo · Álvaro XII of Kongo · Alexio I of Kongo · Joaquim I of Kongo · Henrique I of Kongo · Garcia V of Kongo · André II of Kongo · Henrique II of Kongo · Álvaro XII of Kongo · Pedro VI of Kongo |
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Awenekongo after
1881 vassalage treaty with Portugal (1891-1914) |
Álvaro XIV of Kongo · Henrique III of Kongo · Pedro VII of Kongo · Manuel Nkomba of Kongo · Manuel III of Kongo
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