Álvaro VII of Kongo
Álvaro VII (Mpanzu-a-Mabondo) was king of the Kingdom of Congo from 1665 to 1666.
When the death of Antonio I at the Battle of Mbwila (October 29, 1665) was announced, a relative of the dead sovereign, Álvaro, was proclaimed king.
The new king sent a trusted Capuchin monk, Friar Girolamo of Montesarchio, to make peace with the Portuguese in to Luanda, Angola, in Christmas 1665. But the monk was waylaid by a rebellion in Mbamba, and only returned to the capital in June 1666, where he found Álvaro VII already dead; in the meantime, the powerful Count of Soyo, Paulo da Silva, had marched on São Salvador (the capital of the kingdom), killed the king and proclaimed Álvaro VIII in his place.
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| Awenekongo of the Kilukeni kanda (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) | |
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| Awenekongo of the Kinlaza kanda (1636–1665) | |
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| Civil War Awenekongo (1665–1678) | |
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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"
- 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 II of Kongo
- Garcia V of Kongo
- André II of Kongo
- André III of Kongo
- Álvaro XIII of Kongo
- Pedro V of Kongo
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| Awenekongo after 1881 vassalage treaty with Portugal (1891–1914) | |
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| Pretenders to the Kongo throne since 1914 |
- Alvaro XV of Kongo
- Pedro VII of Kongo
- António III of Kongo
- Isabel Maria da Gama, Q of Kongo (regent)
- Pedro VIII of Kongo
- Isabel Maria da Gama of Kongo (regent)
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