House of Kinlaza Nlaza kanda | |
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Parent house | House of Kilukeni |
Country | Kingdom of Kongo Kingdom of Ndongo |
Founded | 27 August 1636 |
Founder | Álvaro VI |
Final ruler | Pedro V |
Titles | List
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Deposition | February 1891 |
Cadet branches | Água Rosada |
The Kinlaza were members of the Nlaza kanda or House of Kinlaza, one of the ruling houses of the Kingdom of Kongo during the 17th century. It was one of the main factions during the Kongo Civil War along with the Kimpanzu and Kinkanga a Mvika kandas. They are remembered in tradition and are evoked in a proverb, still current in the 1920s Nkutama a mvila za makanda "Kinkanga, Kimpanzu ye Kinlaza makukwa matatu malambila Kongo" (Kinkanga, Kimpanzu and Kinlaza are the three stones on which Kongo cooked).