Kimera of Buganda

Ssekabaka Kimera Walusimbi
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign 1374 - 1404
Predecessor Chwa I of Buganda
Successor Ttembo of Buganda
Spouse 1. Lady Nabukalu
2. Lady Nakku
3. Lady Namagembe
Father Prince Kalemera of Buganda
Mother Namasole Wannyana
Born circa 1360
Kibulala, Ssingo, Uganda
Died 1404
Burial Bumera, Busiro

Kimera Walusimbi was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda between 1374 and 1404. He was the third king of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

Kimera was the only son of Prince Kalemeera, the son of Kabaka Chwa I Nabakka. His mother was Lady Wannyana, the supposed chief wife of King Winyi I of Bunyoro.[1] He was chosen, while still a child, by the chiefs and people of Buganda, who had grown tired of the rule of Sebwaana, the Regent and Prime Minister. Kimera established his capital at Masanafu Hill.

Married life

Kabaka Kimera married three wives:

Issue

He fathered two sons:

The final years

Kabaka Kimera was killed in a hunting accident around 1404. He was clubbed on the head by his grandson Kabaka Ttembo Kiridde, who succeeded him. Some accounts narrate the event as a deliberate act, but the most convincing accounts say it was an accident. He was initially buried at the site of his tragic death. In 1869, his remains were exhumed and re-buried at Lunnyo, near the city of Entebbe, close to where the present Uganda State House is located.[2] Other credible accounts give his burial place as Bumera Busiro.[3]

Succession table

Preceded by
Chwa I
King of Buganda
c.1374-c.1404
Succeeded by
Ttembo

See also

References

  1. "The Early History of Kabaka Kimera". Buganda.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. "The History And Life of Kabaka Kimera". Royalark.net. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. "Ssekabaka Kimera Is Buried At Bumera, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

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