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|surname = Zulu royal family |estate = |parent house = |country = KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |titles = King, natively: Ingonyama yamaZulu |current head = Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu |dissolution = |nationality = Zulu people |cadet branches = }} The Zulu royal family consists of the reigning monarch of the Zulus of South Africa, King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, his consorts, legitimate descendants, near relatives and male-line descendants of his great-great-grandfather, King Mpande who, as a half-brother of the Zulu Pater Patriae, King Shaka, reigned from 1840 to 1872. Shaka's policies and conquests transformed a small clan into one of South Africa's most influential pre-colonial realms, extending over much of what is now KwaZulu-Natal. The Nguni-speaking clan of the southern Bantus, which evolved into the Zulu people, takes its name from the third of its recorded chiefs.[1] Malandela, believed to have reigned in the early part of the sixteenth century, is the patrilineal ancestor of the present king, whose lineage comes down from him through Chief Senzangakhona to the latter's son, Shaka.[1] Originally part of the early nineteenth century Mtetwa Empire of Dingiswayo, the Zulus united, expanded and founded an independent empire under King Shaka who, however, never married. The dynasty continues to reign in the male-line descent of his half-brother, King Mpande, whose realm's borders were recognised by the Boers' Commandant-General Andries Pretorius in 1840. He had at least 28 children by different wives, many of whom have living descendants.[1] In 1887 the British annexed Zululand, effectively mediatising the Zulu dynasty as paramount chiefs in the region.[1] The Zulu people and dynasty retained their distinct cultural identity and a measure of independence under the governments of South Africa through the establishment of Zululand as a bantustan and the subsequent abolition of apartheid in the Republic. As paramount chief within the Republic of South Africa and pursuant to the preservation of African traditional leadership, the hereditary head of the Zulu dynasty retains kingly dignity, ethnic leadership, ritual authority and a civil list, reigning but not ruling in KwaZulu Natal in conjunction with the province's UNdunankulu weSizwe samaZulu. The dynasty is Christian and practices polygamy, agnates of the dynasty bearing the prefix "Prince/Princess" and the surname "Zulu", while holding the rank of KaBhekuZulu, (i.e. prince of the Blood). Incumbent and family{{Main|Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu}}The present head of the Zulu royal family is King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, the current monarch of the Zulu nation of South Africa. He was born on 14 July 1948, in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal. He became king on the death of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon in 1968.[1] As of 2004, Goodwill Zwelethini had six wives and 27 children:[2]
Predecessors{{main|List of Zulu kings}}
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book | title=Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume II: Africa & the Middle East | publisher=Burke's Peerage, Ltd. | author=Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh | year=1980 | location=London | pages=267–271 |author2=Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P.| isbn=0-85011-029-7}} {{Zulu Monarchs}}{{Nobility by nation}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Zulu Royal Family}}2. ^Royal Zulu Monarch {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329095304/http://zulumonarch.org/overview/family_history/ |date=29 March 2012 }} 4 : African royal families|Zulu royalty|Lists of monarchs|Monarchies of South Africa |
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