Lobengula

Lobengula
King of Matabeleland (also encompassing Mashonaland)
Reign	September 1868 – January 1894
Coronation	1869
Predecessor	Mzilikazi (father)
Successor	Lozikeyi
Born	c. 1835 Matabeleland
Died	c. 1894 (aged 48–49) c. 70 km south of the Zambezi river in Matabeleland
Spouse	Lozikeyi (1st royal wife), Lomalongwe (2nd royal wife)
House	Khumalo[1]
Father	Mzilikazi Khumalo, first king of the Northern Ndebele people
Mother	Queen Fulatha Tshabalala

Lobengula Khumalo (c. 1835 – c. 1894) was the second and last official king of the Northern Ndebele people (historically called Matabele in English). Both names in the Ndebele language mean "the men of the long shields", a reference to the Ndebele warriors' use of the Nguni shield.