Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa
| Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa | |
|---|---|
| Mwami of Rwanda | |
| Reign | 1895-1896 |
| Predecessor | Kigeli IV Rwabugiri |
| Successor | Yuhi V Musinga |
| Died |
1896 Rucunshu, Rwanda |
Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa was King (Mwami) of Rwanda between 1895 and 1896, having been made co-ruler by his father in 1889.
Name
Rutarindwa is sometime transcribed Rutalindwa.[1]
Rule
His adopted father,[2][3] Kigeli IV Rwabugiri, had proclaimed him co-ruler in 1889,[4][5] effectively designating him his successor.[6] On Rwabugiri's unexpected death in 1895 while on an expedition in modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, he was proclaimed king.[6]
Rwandan Queen Mothers were politically powerful.[1] Rutarindwa's mother had died and, consequently, Rwabugiri appointed another of his wives, Kanjogera, as his surrogate mother. With the death of Rwabugiri, she and her brothers plotted to put her own young son Musinga, the future king Yuhi V Musinga, on the throne.[6][7] This culminated in late 1896 in a battle between the King's and the Queen Mother's factions called the Rucunshu Coup,[7][8] named for the hill that Rutarindwa had moved his court to.[9] After the battle Rutarindwa committed suicide,[9][10][11] and the royal drum was destroyed when his house was burnt down.[9]
References
- 1 2 Aimable Twagilimana (2007). Historical Dictionary of Rwanda. Scarecrow Press. p. 44.
- ↑ Nicola Palmer (2015). Courts in Conflict. Oxford University Press. p. 30, n. 22.
- ↑ Jan Vansina (2001). Le Rwanda ancien: le royaume nyiginya (in French). KARTHALA. p. 221.
- ↑ Jan Vansina (2004). Antecedents to Modern Rwanda. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 281, n. 5.
- ↑ Alison Des Forges (2011). Defeat Is the Only Bad News. University of Wisconsin Press. p. xxiii.
- 1 2 3 David Newbury (2009). The Land beyond the Mists. Ohio University Press. pp. 334–335.
- 1 2 Alison Des Forges (2011). Defeat Is the Only Bad News. University of Wisconsin Press. p. xxiii.
- ↑ Jan Vansina (2004). Antecedents to Modern Rwanda. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 179.
- 1 2 3 Alison Des Forges (2011). Defeat Is the Only Bad News. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 16.
- ↑ Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates, eds. (2011). Dictionary of African Biography. 6. Oxford University Press. p. 373.
- ↑ Timothy J. Stapleton (2013). A Military History of Africa. 1. Praeger. p. 53.
Titles and succession
| Preceded by Kigeli IV Rwabugiri |
King of Rwanda 1895-1896 |
Succeeded by Yuhi V Musinga |
| Vacant | Co-ruler of Rwanda 1889-1895 |
Vacant |