List of Xhosa kings

The Xhosa are a nation from southern Africa. Xhosa, the one after whom the Xhosa people are named, fathered Malangana. The Xhosa kingship separated when the line got to Phalo because of what happened when he married.

Ama-Xhosa Kingdom

  • King Ntu
  • King Mabhudu KaNtu,
  • King Xolangana KaMabhudu, (Ahh! Xhosa!)
  • King Malangana KaXolangana, (Ahh! Hlamana!)
  • King Bhabhana KaMalangana, (Ahh! Shlangene!)
  • King Mdlakaza KaBhabhana, (Ahh! Mxswaba or Mabamba!)
  • King Khubambe KaMdlakaza, (Ahh! Zehlendaba!)
  • King Mithiyonke KaKhubambe, (Ahh! Hlamawele!)
  • King Phakade KaMithiyonke, (Ahh! Xhaphane!)
  • King Hlabangobe KaPhakade, (Ahh! Bangancingo!)
  • King Ngcwangube KaHlabangobe, (Ahh! Langalunde!)
  • King Nkosiyane KaNgcwangube,
  • King Nkosiyamntu KaNkosiyane,
  • King Tshawe KaNkosiyamntu,
  • King Ngcwangu KaTshawe,
  • King Sikhomo KaNgcwangu,
  • King Togu KaSikhomo,
  • King Ngconde KaTogu,
  • King Tshiwo KaNgconde,
  • King Phalo KaTshiwo,
  • Prince Gcaleka KaPhalo & Prince Rharhabe KaPhalo.

It was during King Phalo's rule that the Ama-Xhosa nation officially established a Right-Hand House. When King Phalo had to marry a wife that would produce an heir to the throne, two royal brides (One from Ama-Mpondomise royal family & the other from the Aba-Thembu royal family) arrived on the same day. This caused a dilemma for the Xhosa King as it meant that if he chose either of them, the father of the unpicked bride would be offended.

Xhosa elders and all the known wise men who knew the Xhosa laws & customs across Xhosa land were summoned to Komkhulu (The great place – in the present day town of Butterworth) to solve this problem. It has been said in the Ama-Xhosa oral history that, it was one old man by the name of Majeke who came with a solution to that problem. His solution was: "What is greater than the head of the king, and what is stronger than his right hand? Let the one be the head wife and the other the wife of the right hand". And that way, the problem was solved.

King Phalo produced two known sons: Prince Gcaleka and Prince Rharhabe. Prince Gcaleka would later become the King of Ama-Xhosa Kingdom and Prince Rharhabe would later became the Founder of the Ama-Rharhabe Royal House (Right-hand House). Prior the arrival of the Europeans, the Xhosa territory stretched from Mbhashe River to Gamtoos River in the Southern Cape. The Ama-Gcaleka Royal House had jurisdiction from Mbhashe river to Kei river, and the Ama-Rharhabe Royal House beyond the Kei River and extended beyond the Fish River.

Ama-Gcaleka Kings:[Great (Main) House]

  • King Gcaleka KaPhalo,
  • King Khawuta KaGcaleka, (Ahh! Khala!)
  • King Hintsa KaKhawuta (The most renowned & respected King in the Xhosa history – Ahh! Zanzolo!),
  • King Sarhili KaHintsa, (Ahh! Krili!)
  • King Sigcawu KaSarhili,
  • King Salakuphathwa KaSigcawu, (Ahh! Gwebinkumbi!)
  • King Mpisekhaya KaSalakuphathwa, (Ahh! Ngangomhlaba!)
  • King Bhungeni KaSalakuphathwa, (Ahh! Zwelidumile!)
  • King Mzikayise KaBhungeni, (Ahh! Xolilzwe!)
  • King Mpendulo KaMzikayise, (Ahh! Zwelonke!)
  • King Ahlangene KaMzikayise (Ahh! Vulikhaya ) [The current-king].

Ama-Rharhabe Kings:[Right-Hand House]

  • King Rharhabe KaPhalo,
  • King Mlawu KaRharhabe,
  • King Ngqika KaMlawu, (Ahh! Lwaganda!)
  • King Sandile KaNgqika, (Ahh! Mgolombane!)
  • King Gonya KaSandile, (Ahh! Sigonyela)
  • King Faku KaGonya [Not to be confused with the Ama-Mpondo King],
  • King Archie KaFaku, (Ahh! Velile!)
  • King Mxolisi KaArchie, (Ahh! Bazindlovu!)
  • King Maxhobayakhawuleza KaMxolisi, (Ahh! Zanesizwe!)
  • King Jonguxolo KaMaxhobayakhawuleza (Ahh! Vululwandle!) [The current-king] .

Ama-Xhosa Royal bloodLine

Mabhudu
Hlabangobe
Ngcwangube
Nkosiyane
LiwanaNkosiyamntu
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Ngcwangu
Sikhomo
Togu
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NgcondeNtinde
GandoTshiwoMdange
GcalekaRharhabe
Khawuta Ahh! Khala![[Nqoko}} kaGcaleka|Nqoko]]Mlawu
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Ndlambe Ahh! Ndabanduna!
Hintsa Ahh! Zanzolo!Ngqika Ahh! Lwaganda!Mdushane
Sarhili Ahh! Krili!Sandile Ahh! Mgolombane!Maqoma Ahh! Jongumsomvu!
SigcawuGonya Ahh! Sigonyela!
Gwebinkumbi Ahh! Gwebinkumbi!DalizaFaku
Mpisekhaya Ahh! Ngangomhlaba!Zwelidumile Ahh! Zwelidumile!Velile Ahh! Velile!
Xolilizwe Ahh! Xolilizwe!Mxolisi Ahh! Bazindlovu!
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Zwelonke Ahh! Zwelonke!Ahlangene Ahh! Vulikhaya!Maxhobayakhawuleza Ahh! Zanesizwe!
Jonguxolo Ahh! Vululwandle!
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