Noble Titles and Styles in Ibutho

Noble Titles and Styles in Ibutho are the titles of property and address granted or permitted by the monarch of Ibutho izulu. Titles accommpanied by rights to govern and/or own property are called Substantive Titles (olimi wezulu: isithakazo ibizo), while titles with no property rights are called Courtesy Titles (olimi wezulu: ngezilokotho isithakazo). Titles are further divided into Royal (olimi weZulu: wasebukhosini) and non-Royal (olimi weZulu: hhayi wasebukhosini) classes, and Birth Right (kwesokudla lokuzalwa), Marriage Right (kwesokudla ngomshado), and Magnificence's Pleasure (intando wenkosi) classes. Within classes, titles may be ranked by seniority indicated by the style of address. For example, a Royal Highness (uNdabezitha) prince ranks above a Highness (Kuzalwa okusezingeni) prince.

Styles and grants of titles of nobility are regulated by the Constitutional Reform: Titles and Styles Act of 3644.

Royal Titles and Styles
Royal titles are those borne by blood and conjugal relatives of the reigning monarch. They include the titles The King, The Queen Regnant, The Queen Mother, The Queen Consort, The Prince, The Princess, Prince, Princess, Mrs. Prince, and Mr. Princess. Members of the royal family may also carry subordinate substantive and courtesy tiles as determined by law, custom, or Magnificence's Pleasure.

The King
The King is an English paraphrase of the Ibutho hereditary title, Inkosi. Inkosi is derived from the entomological root Nkosi, which means "to rule" in many Esinsundu (OOC: African) languages. The term Inkosi may also denote Lord or the Lord, or God. Taken together, the multiple meanings of the term Inkosi all point to the Ibutho monarch's historical status as a divine king and the Ibutho people's status as children of heaven.

In olimi weZulu, the full title of the current monarch is:
 * inkazimulo yakhe MLUNGISI, kwenziwa yi-izenzo wezulu imisebenzi okhokho bethu lingumuzi ohlonishwa, Inkosi yase Ibutho, inDuna namahlosi balibangise, Umkhuzi elihle ngemikhumbi yempi, inDuna isizinda futhi umgungundhlovi, Shah of Aldegar, wena we esinsundu

The word-for-word literal translation is:
 * His Magnificence MLUNGISI, by the acts of Heaven and the works of our Venerable Ancestors, The King Of The Army, the Captain of the Tiger's Head, a good naval commander, the Captain of the Background and umgungundhlovi, Shah of Aldegar, Son of the Brown-Skinned

The official and sense-for-sense translation is:
 * His Magnificence MLUNGISI, by the Acts of Heaven and the Venerable Works of the Ancestors, King of Ibutho, Commander-in-Chief, Grand Commander of the Ships of War, Colonel of Isizinda and Umgungundhlovi, Shah of Aldegar, Son of the Ezintsundu


 * His Magnificence (inkazimulo yakhe) : Magnificence is an appellation used in many Esinsundu (OOC: African) languages to denote the splendor, glory, and beauty of persons of royal rank. The appellation is famously exclaimed by palace criers and praise singers when introducing the monarch at audiences and public assemblies. Today, the appellation is used as a permanent pre-titular style by the reigning monarch, the Queen Mother, Queens Consort, and Queens Dowager. The style is equivilant to the style Majesty.


 * Mlungisi : The reigning monarch's throne name. At their accessions, Monarchs and Queen Mothers may elect to adopt throne names or retain their birth names. An adopted throne name is often intended and interpreted to indicate an overriding goal of a rising monarch's reign or as an homage to an earlier monarch. The reigning monarch, King Mlungisi, is the first Ibutho monarch to employ the name and as such does not use a post-nominal regnal number. Mlungisi means, "the one who brings order."


 * By the Acts of Heaven ( kwenziwa yi-izenzo wezulu) : A reference to divine kingship. Historically, Ibutho monarchs were regarded as both imbued with and appointed by aid of uNkulunkulu, the Creator God and High God of Old Inkolo. Upon death, Kings were considered to have ascended to divinity and were worshiped as part of Old Inkolo's large pantheon of Gods. Since the religious reformation, monarchs are regarded as being designated to rule by the grace and divine authority of uNkulunkulu, the monotheistic God of the Syncretic faith.


 * And the Venerable Works of the Ancestors ( imisebenzi okhokho bethu lingumuzi ohlonishwa) : In Old Inkolo, recent and ancient ancestors of Ibutho families and notable figures from Ibutho history were worshiped as Gods, just below the rank of the Creator God, uNkulunkulu. This pantheon of Gods was demoted from divinity during the religious reformation. Today, any Syncretic adherent or other Esinsundu (OOC: African) may be elevated to the posthumous celestial rank eZandleni zikaNkulunkulu, which means "Upon the Hands of God." The criterion for elevation is extraordinary contributions in credit to or defense of African World interests and is determined by a Syncretic faith council of iZangoma, the Queen Mother, and laity. In the monarch's titulary, Venerable Works of the Ancestors is a reference to this celestial rank. It is intended to connote the monarch's conviction that any achievements of his reign owe to and would be impossible without the extraordinary, masterful, and divinely favored works of predecessor Ibutho and Esinsundu.


 * King of the Army ( Inkosi yase Ibutho) : In olimi weZulu, Ibutho means "regiment" and is sometimes translated as "army." Ibutho in the country's official name, Ibutho izulu, is a reference to the policy of mass conscription practiced throughout Ibutho history until the early 37th century. As the Ibutho monarch was historically both a divine King and warrior King, and as all Ibutho citizens and residents were regarded as personal wards and conscripts of the King, the denotations King of the Regiment and King of the Army create no confusion for olimi weZulu speakers. However, due to the title's unusual configuration in its English form, it is officially translated as simply King of Ibutho.


 * For a short time In the early 37th century, the Ibutho government translated the title Inkosi as "chief." This is an incorrect translation due to the denotation of "chief" as the head of a stateless society. At a 3643 Grand Council announcing a wide-ranging royal decree, King Mlungisi personally ordered the abandonment of the incorrect translation.


 * As I, your Inkosi, together with my court and izinDuna, are your state and government, Our Honorable Army cannot be considered in any sense to be a society without a state. In the future, all Royals, nobles, officers of Our government, or izinhlangano operating under Our Royal permit shall translate Our offices Inkosi, inDuna, iPini inDuna, and iduna as 'King,' 'Duke,' 'Count,' and 'Baron,' respectively, Our government and state Ibutho Sizwe as such, and Our noble names as 'dynasties.' All other titles Royal and noble shall be translated in like and fitting manners.
 * ~HM King Mlungisi, April 3643, in an Address to the Grand Council


 * Captain of the Tiger's Head ( inDuna namahlosi balibangise) : The Tiger's Head is the olimi weZulu name for the military regiment in personal command of the King. It is in contrast to The Tiger's Tail, a regiment commanded by the heir apparent. inDuna is a senior hereditary noble title meaning "captain" and equivilant to the military rank "colonel." Historically, izinDuna were charged with commanding regiments deployed from their hereditary estates. Today, the title is retained for nobles of the ducal rank. Such nobles enjoy right of first application to command regiments in the modern Ibutho armed forces. The King's title is officially translated as "Commander-in-Chief" due to the senior status of the royal Tiger's Head regiment within the military and also due to the unusual configuration of the title when translated to English word-for-word.


 * Grand Commander of the Ships of War ( Umkhuzi elihle ngemikhumbi yempi) : A reference to the monarch's status as the highest-ranking admiral of the Ibutho navy.


 * Colonel of Isizinda and Umgungundhlovi ( inDuna isizinda futhi umgungundhlovi) : Isizinda and Umgungundhlovi are the cities housing the modern-day and historical palace headquarters of the Ibutho monarch. Isizinda means literally "headquarters" and can denote and be translated as "background," as in "the command center behind the lines." Umgungundhlovi means both "the place of the trumpeting of the elephant" and "where the terrible voice of royalty sounded." The elephant is an ancient totem of the Ibutho nobility along with the bull, the tiger, and the lion. The military regiments stationed at Isizinda and Umgungundhlovi are in the personal command of the King.


 * Shah of Aldegar : HM King Mlugisi declared his claim to the imperial throne of Aldegar during early 37th century instability in that country following the installation of a militant republican government. The country remains republican today and His Magnificence holds the title in pretense. It is widely thought that Prince Andile, The Heir Apparent, will abandon the title if he accedes to the throne.


 * Son of the Ezintsundu ( wena we esinsundu) : Wena we Esinsundu means "Son of the Brown-Skinned" (OOC: Son of the Africans). The royal family regard Ibutho as part of a continuum of Terra-wide Esinsundu (OOC: African) polities. The government has implemented this orientation as part of a long-term Pan-Esinsundu (OOC: Pan-African) foreign policy.

The Queen Regnant
The Queen Regnant is an English paraphrase of the Ibutho hereditary title nkosikazi. In olimi weZulu, Nkosikazi is a feminine gendered form of Inkosi. It is differenced from the Queen Consort courtesy title inkosikazi by the absence of the prefix "i-." This distinction owes to the denotation and connotation of inkosikazi, which means roughly "Mrs.," "Madam," or "Wife of the King" in olimi weZulu. As such a title would be inappropriate for a woman reigning in her own right, the prefix "i-" is dropped, rendering the title nkosikazi whose denotation and connotation are roughly "She" or "Woman."

As women were historically barred from acceding to the Ibutho throne, this title has never been employed by the Ibutho royal family. The one woman to whom it would have applied, Nolwazi Silongo, an elected monarch who reigned from 3611-3615, opted instead for the masculine gendered Inkosi. However, since adoption of the Constitutional Reform: Succession, Membership in the Royal Family, and Styles Act of 3645, women are eligible to accede, provided any eligible male siblings are disqualified or unavailable. Since the Queen Mother's heiress, Princess Philisile, has borne no sons and is beyond child-bearing age, her elder daughter, Princess Ndonsa, is expected to succeed Prince Andile as monarch. She would accede to the title The Queen Regnant (olimi weZulu: nkosikazi) upon such succession. In olimi weZulu, her full title would be:
 * inkazimulo yakhe NDONSA, kwenziwa yi-izenzo wezulu imisebenzi okhokho bethu lingumuzi ohlonishwa, nkosikazi yase Ibutho, inDuna namahlosi balibangise, Umkhuzi elihle ngemikhumbi yempi, inDuna isizinda futhi umgungundhlovi, Empress of Aldegar, Princess du Sang de Rildanor, wena we esinsundu

The word-for-word literal translation would be:
 * Her Magnificence NDONSA, by the acts of Heaven and the works of our Venerable Ancestors, The Queen of the Army, the Captain of the Tiger's Head, a good naval commander, the Captain of the Background and umgungundhlovi, Empress of Aldegar, Princess du Sang de Rildanor, Daughter of the Brown-Skinned

The official and sense-for-sense translation would be:
 * Her Magnificence NDONSA, by the Acts of Heaven and the Venerable Works of the Ancestors, Queen of Ibutho, Commander-in-Chief, Grand Commander of the Ships of War, Colonel of Isizinda and Umgungundhlovi, Empress of Aldegar, Princess du Sang de Rildanor, Daughter of the Ezintsundu


 * Her Magnificence (inkazimulo yakhe) : Magnificence (olimi weZulu: inkazimulo) is the standard style within the Ibutho nobility for the ranks of King, Queen Regnant, Queen Mother, and Queen Consort. In olimi weZulu, yakhe is a gender neuter third-person noun meaning "his," "her," or "its."


 * Ndonsa : HRH Princess Ndonsa's full birth name is Ndonsa Mekonnen. Ndonsa means "bright morning star." Mekonnen is a Mallanization (OOC: Ethiopianization/Amharicization) of the Rildanorienne (OOC: French) name Patrice. Patrice is the birth name of the Princess's father. By Mallan custom, children are not given family names at birth but instead append their fathers' names to their own given names. As the name Patrice is not Mallan (OOC: Ethiopian), Ibutho (OOC: Zulu), or Esinsundu (OOC: African) in origin, the royal family elected to use the Mallan agnate of the Rildanorienne (OOC: French) name instead. Patrice means "wealthy," "noble," or "high-born" in Rildanorienne and is etymologically derived from the Istalian (OOC: Italian/Roman) word patrician. Mekonnen, a popular Mallan name, means "noble" in Mallan (OOC: Amharic) and is a near-agnate of Patrice.


 * If she accedes to the throne, Princess Ndonsa could elect to employ her first name, her full name, or a dedicated reignal name.


 * By the Acts of Heaven ( kwenziwa yi-izenzo wezulu) : A reference to divine right.


 * And the Venerable Works of the Ancestors ( imisebenzi okhokho bethu lingumuzi ohlonishwa) : A reference to Old Inkolo's pantheon of Ancestor-Gods in its literal translation, but referencing the post-reformation Upon the Hands of God celestial rank in its official translation.


 * Queen of the Army ( nkosikazi yase Ibutho) : The feminine gendered variant of the primary title.


 * Captain of the Tiger's Head ( inDuna namahlosi balibangise) : There is no provision in the 3644 Titles and Styles Act for a feminine gendered version of the substantive ducal rank title inDuna. This likely owes to the rarity of Ibutho noblewomen holding substantive titles in their own right. The courtesy title unkosikazi inDuna means "Wife of the Captain," and is inappropriate for a woman or girl who holds the rank in her own right. As such, the masculine gendered inDuna is retained for Queens Regnant under the 3644 Act. It is rendered as the gender neuter "Commander-in-Chief" in the official translation.


 * Grand Commander of the Ships of War ( Umkhuzi elihle ngemikhumbi yempi) : A reference to the monarch's status as the highest-ranking admiral of the Ibutho navy.


 * Colonel of Isizinda and Umgungundhlovi ( inDuna isizinda futhi umgungundhlovi) : A reference to the monarch's personal command of the military regiments stationed at Isizinda and Umgungundhlovi. As above, the masculine gendered inDuna is retained for Queens Regnant in the olimi weZulu rendering and translated as gender neuter "Colonel" in the English rendering.


 * Empress of Aldegar : A feminine gendered holdover from King Mlungisi's claim on the throne of Aldegar. If the title-in-pretense is abandoned by heir apparent Prince Andile on succession, it is unlikely to be revived by Princess Ndonsa as Queen.


 * Princess du Sang de Rildanor : The Princess's father, Patrice, Mr. Princess Philisile, is a direct descendant of the ancient Rildanor King Negus Khafre, founder of the Rildanor monarchy. Within the Rildanorienne nobility, descendents of Rildanor monarchs are entitled to the courtesy title Prince du Sang de Ridanor. As all future royals will descend from Princess Ndonsa, it is expected that the Prince du Sang title will be a permanent feature of Ibutho royal titulary. The title is listed here in its original Rildanorienne rendering, though Princess Ndonsa may elect to translate it as Princess of the Blood of Rildanor upon her accession.


 * Daughter of the Ezintsundu ( wena we esinsundu) : A feminine gendered reference to the royal family's Pan-Esinsundu (OOC: Pan-African) ideology and the ideology's role as a fundamental precept of the Syncretic faith and focal point of Ibutho foreign policy.

The Queen Mother
The Queen Mother is an English paraphrase of the Ibutho hereditary title Indlovukazi. Historically, the title was granted to the Queen Consort designated by the King to bear the heir to the throne. The title conferred wide-ranging political and religious influence. Because Ibutho monarchs often elected to wed Great House Wives during latter portions of their reigns, Queen Mothers tended to be significantly younger than their royal spouses, but relatively near in age to the princes they bore. As a result, Queen Mothers tended to outlive their spouses and serve as regents for their boy-king sons. Overtime, it came to be expected that Queen Mothers would remain politically active during their sons' majorities, especially at the early stages of their reigns -- so much so that Queen Mothers were eventually accorded the dignity of co-regnant for life. The frequency of Queen Mothers Regent and Queen Mothers Co-Regnant gave rise to Ibutho's current diarchial form of government, wherein the King and Queen Mother both serve as dual sovereigns. At various times during Ibutho's history, powerful Queen Mothers outshone their sons and wielded greater political authority. This was most recently observed during the reign of Queen Nomvula who presided over large transfers of political power from her son King Mulungi's office to her own.

However, since the 3643 Lauza and the constitutional reforms that followed, the Queen Mother's powers have been more strictly delineated. While the Queen Mother continues to enjoy wide-ranging powers in Ibutho religion, education, and scientific research, ultimate and overriding authority in all matters of state is retained to the King's prerogative. In addition to regulation of the Queen Mother's powers, the 3640s constitutional reforms also made the title hereditary and decreed that it be passed from Queen Nomvula to her eldest daughter, then-Princess Hluphekile, and thereafter to each of Princess Hluphekile's female descendents in the senior female line, and further mandated that the King's own titles should not be inherited by the Great House son but rather by his sister the Queen Mother's eldest son. In total, these reforms had the multiple effects of retaining the Queen Mother title within the Shabangu dynasty, reducing the political and household influence of Queens Consort, and shifting the Ibutho diarchy from its traditional patralineal succession centered around the King to matralineal succession centered around the Queen Mother.

Under Ibutho laws of succession, a woman acceeding to the title Queen Regnant would also previously or subsequently inherit the Queen Mother title provided she outlives her own mother. In such a situation, a Queen Regnant could elect to exercise the powers of both offices personally or appoint as regent the woman most senior in the Queen Mother's line of succession. Such a regent would be titled Princess Mother during the regency to differentiate her from the reigning Queen who would be the title's de jure holder under the provisions of the June 3645 Constitutional Reform Act. It is speculated that Princess Ndonsa will adopt the latter arrangment if she acceedes to the throne.

In olimi weZulu, the Queen Mother's full title is:
 * inkazimulo yakhe Indlovukazi ETHWASA, Umama kaNkulunkulu, Owesifazane inDuna Emahlabatini, indlovukazi ka amakhosikazi

The word-for-word literal translation is:
 * Her Magnificence Great Elephantess ETHWASA, Mother of God, The Woman Captain of Emahlabatini, Queen of Kings' Wives

The official and sense-for-sense translation is:
 * Her Magnificence Queen ETHWASA, The Queen Mother, Mother of God, Colonel of Emahlabatini, Queen of Queens


 * Her Magnificence (inkazimulo yakhe) : The standard style within the Ibutho nobility for Kings, Queens Regnant, Queen Mothers, and Queens Consort using the gender neuter yakhe which means "his," "her," or "its."


 * Great Elephantess (Indlovukazi) : The elephant is an ancient totem within the Ibutho nobility and customarilly reserved for the Queen Mother while the lion totem is borne by the King, the tiger by the heir apparent, and the bull by cadet princes and other high-born young men and teenage boys. The title is unusual in its English configuration and as a result is officially translated as The Queen Mother. Notably, while the title preceeds the reignal name in its olimi weZulu rendering, it is reiterated both before and after the reignal name in the official translation. This owes to the House of Shabangu  dictum that the senior courtesy title must preceed the holder's name while substantive, subsidiary, and additional courtesy titles are suffixed. Because it is unusual in English to display Queen Mother titles pre-nominally, the title is only partially rendered before the reignal name then fully reiterated post-nominally in the official translation. The custom is not applied to the King's titulary where all titles are post-nominal.


 * Ethwasa : The reigning Queen Mother was born Hluphekile Ethwasa Shabangu but elected to reign by her middle name. Ethwasa means "start anew," and is widely speculated to be a reference to Queen Ethwasa's central role in the religious reformation.


 * Mother of God (Umama kaNkulunkulu) : A reference to the King's status as a divine King and living deity historically, the title has been retained since the religious reformation due to the Queen Mother's role as head of the Syncretic faith and temporal representation of the Wife of God. It is on account of this title that the Queen Mother acts as lead officiant at coronations and performs the task of crowning the acceeding monarch. This title is the basis of the Queen Mother's religious and political authority and is therefore considered by many to be the office's primary title. The title is mentioned in uNkulunkulu ufuthi Ezinsundu Babusi, Holy Book of the Syncretic faith:

[The Queen Mother] and all her heiresses shall be called Mother of God, being made beautiful as His Wife, the First Woman, She who birthed All Creation.


 * The Woman Captain of Emahlabatini ( Owesifazane inDuna Emahlabatini) : The Queen Mother's sole property-holding title. Emahlabatini is the high holy city of the Syncretic faith and home to the Crown Sangoma's High Hallowed House, seat of the Ibutho state religion worldwide. The Queen Mother's charge as overlord of the city is found in the Holy Script:

She shall build a place fit for His Worship in Emahlabatini, and others multitudinous throughout Ibutho and the Esintsundu Sizwze. ..
 * In addition to being the university capital of Ibutho, the city is also houses the Queen Mother's primary palace as well as an army base whose infantry soldiers remain in her personal command. Because the Queen Mother title is limited to females, the customary regiment officer's rank is prefixed with a feminine gendered noun. The title is rendered as gender neuter "Colonel" in the official translation.


 * Queen of Kings' Wives ( indlovukazi ka amakhosikazi) : A reference to the Queen Mother's historical role as Wife of the Great House and as such senior in rank to fellow Queens Consort. Retained following amendments to the laws of succession, the title now refers to the Queen Mother's status as the senior woman in the royal family. At state functions, the Queen Mother precedes all other women in the order of precedence save Queens Consort escorted by the King. The title is rendered as Queen of Queens in the offical translation.

The Heir Apparent
The Heir Apparent is an English paraphrase of the Ibutho hereditary title Yindlalifa Okubonakalayo. Traditionally borne by the eldest son of the monarch's Great House, it has been held since 3643 by Prince Andile, eldest son of Queen Ethwasa The Queen Mother, owing to constitutional changes instituting matralineal succession initiated that year. The title is hereditary when acceeded to by the eldest living son of a King's eldest sister or by the eldest living son of a Queen Regnant. In such circumstances, the title is abandoned by its holder upon succession to the throne then immediately inherited by the eligible nephew or son. If a King has no nephews in his eldest sister's line or a Queen Regnant has no sons, the title is held in abeyance by the throne. A period of abeyance may be ended by award of the title to the dynast listed first in the line of succession or upon later accession to the title by hereditary right.

The Heir Apparent of the current reign is HRH Prince Andile of Umgungundlhlovi. In olimi weZulu, his full title is:
 * uNdabezitha umNtwana ANDILE, inDuna ohlala ngaphansi umsila ihlosi sika, Yindlalifa Okubonakalayo

The word-for-word literal translation is:
 * He Who Concerns the Enemy Prince ANDILE, Captain of Those Who Live Under the Tiger's Tail, He is the Heir Who has Appeared

The official and sense-for-sense translation is:
 * His Royal Highness Prince ANDILE, Personal Colonel to the King, The Heir Apparent


 * He Who Concerns The Enemy (uNdabezitha) : He Who Concerns The Enemy is the standard style for senior princes within the royal family. It is a reference both to the historical risk of infanticide whereby children of the King were sometimes murdered to elevate a rival's place in the line of succession and to the wild bull totem commonly borne by and used to represent young men and teenage boys of the nobility. Prior to the 3640s, the style was reserved for children of monarchs but has since been granted to the Queen Mother's eldest son and eldest daughter owing to the former's status as Heir Apparent and the latter's status as bearer of the future Heir Apparent, and to all Heirs Eventual due to the inevitability of their succeeding to the titles Heir Apparent or Queen Mother. Due to the style's unusual configuration in English, it is officially translated as His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness depending on the bearer's gender.


 * Prince (umNtwana) : umNtwana is olimi weZulu for Prince. It is in contrast to the title umNtanenkosi which means Child of the King and is only borne by children of a monarch. As Prince Andile acceded to his title by right of his mother Queen Ethwasa The Queen Mother, he is not afforded the Child of the King rank. However, as Heir Apparent, Prince Andile outranks Child of the King-rank princes in the Order of Precedence and as such preceeds them in procession at occasions of state.


 * Born in 3605, Prince Andile was born with the title Prince due to a then-operative provision of Shabangu House Law granting the title to all descendants of monarchs in perpetuity. In a 3645 effort to trim the size of the Royal Family and thereby limit competition and infighting for titles and succession, King Mlungisi amended the concerned provision to exclude all dynasts save children of a monarch, children of a Queen Mother, Heirs Eventual, and children of Heirs Apparent and Eventual. Under the amendment, Prince Andile would have been barred from use of the title and not counted as a member of the Royal Family for state purposes were it not for his mother's status as Queen Mother.


 * Prince is a Hereditary Courtesy Title within the Ibutho nobility meaning that it cannot be gained by marriage or otherwise but only by descent from a Substantive Title holder eligible to bequeath the courtesy. Prince Andile bears the title without the definite article style "The" which is reserved for children of monarchs.


 * Andile : His Royal Highness's given name. Upon accession to the throne, the Prince may elect to employ a reignal name. There has been public speculation and discussion within the Royal Family regarding the possibility of retaining the name Mlungisi during Prince Andile's reign both to indicate intentions to continue the "bring order" policies of the current reign and as homage to reigning King. In such circumstance, Prince Andile would reign as King Mlungisi II. If he elects to retain his given name, the Prince would reign as King Andile III since he follows two earlier Ibutho monarchs who've borne the name. Andile means "the family is growing" or "they have extended."


 * Captain of Those Who Live Under the Tiger's Tail ( inDuna ohlala ngaphansi umsila ihlosi sika) : The Tiger's Tail is the military regiment in personal command of the Heir Apparent. It is in contrast to The Tiger's Head, the regiment commanded by the King and to which The Tiger's Tail is subordinate. The Tiger's Tail regiment is stationed at the Royal Family's historic palace estate in Umgungundhlovi. Since construction of Isizinda Palace, the primary residence of the King and seat of government Ibutho since the late 36th century, Umgungundhlovi Palace has been adopted as the primary residence of the Heir Apparent and headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ibutho. This grant of property elevates the Heir Apparent title from a Courtesy Title to a Substantive Title.


 * Though the Heir Apparent as inDuna of The Tiger's Tail regiment is a military commander in his own right, his military office is understood and regulated as directly answerable to the King. This restriction results from a historical policy whereby The Tiger's Tail and its prince commanders was kept under close watch of the throne as a precaution against regicide by ambitious heirs. In a nod to this practice, The Tiger's Tail title is officially translated as Personal Colonel to the King.


 * The Heir Apparent ( Yindlalifa Okubonakalayo) : In olimi weZulu, Yindlalifa Okubonakalayo means "The Heir Who Has Appeared." Owing to its unusual construction in English, the title is rendered as The Heir Apparent in its official translation.

Principalties
There has been discussion within the Royal Family and government regarding the possibility of re-designating Ibutho's five provinces as Principalities. This speculative change was motivated by the births of Prince Andile's and Princess's Philisile's children, all four of whom appended the territorial designation Emahlabatini to their titles at birth. This brought to eight the number of Royals employing Emahlabatini as their home estate including His Highness Prince Ncelebana and the Queen Mother herself. Other overcrowded Royal estates include the King's own which is shared by the King's surviving consorts and children. The Ibutho estate numbered twenty-eight Royals in the early 37th century including the King and Queen Nomvula The Queen Mother. Under one proposed solution, Ibutho's five provinces would be granted at the King's discretion to various prince-rank Royal Family members as non-hereditary Substantive Titles with related property grants and some governing rights. The proposal was shelved as disruptive and unwieldy in favor of instead granting Prince Andile Umgungundhlovi Palace as his personal and family estate upon his marriage to Aida, Mrs. Prince Andile. However, the proposal may be revived in preparation for the Coming of Age Rites of Princes Sibusiso and Msizi, the Heir Apparent's sons.

Courtesy Royal Titles
Courtesy Royal Titles are titles within the Ibutho nobility borne by Royal Family members who do not hold Substantive Titles conferring property ownership and/or governing rights. Courtesy Titles may be borne by Right of Birth, Right of Marriage, or by Magnificence's Pleasure, meaning granted by personal discretion of the monarch. All Courtesy Royal Titles derive from blood or conjugal relation to some living, deceased, or former member of the Royal Family who bears or bore a Substantive Royal Title and each Courtesy Royal Title is subsidiary to the Substantive Royal Title from which it derives. For example, HH Prince Ncelebana, HRH Princess Philisile, HRH Princess Ndonsa, and HH Princess Thandekile all derive their Prince titles from Queen Ethwasa The Queen Mother. As a result, the territorial designation of Emahlabatini is suffixed to their titles to indicate their status as wards of the city of Emahlabatini over which the Queen Mother is lord and head of state.