Kikulwe of Buganda

Ssekabaka Kikulwe Mawuba
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign 1736 - 1738
Predecessor Kagulu of Buganda
Successor Mawanda of Buganda
Spouse 1. Lady Nabiddo
2. Lady Najjuka
3. Lady Nakabugo
4.Lady Namatovu
5. Nabakyaala Nantume Nanzigu
Father Ndawula of Buganda
Mother Namasole Nakikulwe Namirembe
Born Uganda
Died 1738
Unknown
Burial Kaliiti, Busiro

Kikulwe Mawuba was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda between 1736 and 1738. He was the twenty first (21st) Kabaka of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was the fourth (4th) son of Kabaka Ndawula Nsobya, the nineteenth (19th) Kabaka of Buganda. His mother was Nakikulwe Namirembe, the third (3rd) of his father's seven (7) wives. He ascended the throne after the death of his elder brother, Kabaka Kagulu Tebukywereke. He established his capital at Kibibi.[1]

Married Life

He is reported to have married five (5) wives:

Issue

He is recorded to have fathered at least nine (9) children:

The final years

Kabaka Kikulwe was murdered by his elder half-brother, Prince Mawanda Sebanakitta, who seized the throne around 1738. Ssekabaka Kikulwe is buried at Kaliiti, Busiro.[2]

Succession table

Preceded by
Kagulu Tebukywereke
King of Buganda
c.1736-c.1738
Succeeded by
Mawanda Sebanakitta

See also

References

  1. "The History And Life of Kabaka Kikulwe". Royalark.net. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. "Ssekabaka Kikulwe Is Buried At Kaliiti, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

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