Cetshwayo

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Cetshwayo kaMpande
King of the Zulu Kingdom
Photograph of Cetshwayo by Alexander Bassano in Old Bond Street, London, c.1882
Predecessor	Mpande
Successor	Dinuzulu
Born	c. 1826 Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
Died	8 February 1884 (aged 57–58) Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
Issue	Dinuzulu
Regnal name Jininindi Omnyama
House	House of Zulu
Father	Mpande
Mother	Ngqumbazi

Cetshwayo kaMpande (/kɛtʃˈwaɪ.oʊ/; Zulu pronunciation: [ᵏǀétʃwajo kámpande]; c. 1826 – 8 February 1884) was the king^[a] of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His name has been transliterated as Cetawayo, Cetewayo, Cetywajo and Ketchwayo. Cetshwayo consistently opposed the war and sought fruitlessly to make peace with the British and was defeated and exiled following the Zulu defeat in the war. He was later allowed to return to Zululand, where he died in 1884.
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