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Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

1583 - 1663

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Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande (Swahili pronunciation: [n̩ˈʒiŋa]), Nzhinga (; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African ruler who ruled as queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba (1631–1663), located in present-day northern Angola. Born into the ruling family of Ndongo, her grandfather Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda was the king of Ndongo. Njinga received military and political training as a child, and she demonstrated an aptitude for defusing political crises as an ambassador to the Portuguese Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba has received more than 1,666,301 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba is the 3,493rd most popular politician (up from 3,757th in 2019).

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba ranks 3,493 out of 19,576. Before her are Archidamus II, Chang Myon, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Bounnhang Vorachith, Laura Bush, and Choe Yong-rim. After her are Theobald II of Navarre, Emperor Tenji, Moncef Marzouki, Pekahiah, Pepin II of Aquitaine, and Qi of Xia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba ranks 6. Before her are Hugo Grotius, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Sasaki Kojirō, Girolamo Frescobaldi, and Axel Oxenstierna. After her are Pieter Lastman, Jacob De la Gardie, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Hayashi Razan, Orlando Gibbons, and Jan Porcellis. Among people deceased in 1663, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba ranks 4. Before her are Joseph of Cupertino, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and Christine of France. After her are William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, Heinrich Scheidemann, Giancarlo de' Medici, and Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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