House of Shabangu-Saksoure | |
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Head of Family | Kharakhte Saksoure III |
Founded | Unknown |
Family Palace | Isizinda Isigodlo |
Nation | Ibutho |
Related Dynasties | House of Silongo (Ibutho), House of Mabena (Ibutho), House of Saksoure (Cobura), House of Sidibé (Talmoria), House of Nordenburg (Talmoria and Aslistan), House of Leone (Rildanor) |
Political Ideology | African Nationalism (Olimi weZulu: Esintsundu Sizwe Amandla) |
Political Position | Conservative |
Colors | Vert & Sable |
Motto | By God's Grace (isiZulu: umusa kaNkulunkulu) |
The Ibutho Royal Family was the ruling dynasty of Ibutho. It consisted of the Monarch (isiZulu: Inkosi) and the Monarch's blood and conjugal relatives with the ranks of Queen Mother (isiZulu: Indlovukazi), Queen (isiZulu: Inkosikazi), and Prince (isiZulu: umNtanenkosi and umNtwana).
Blood Royals[]
Under Shabangu House Law, blood relatives of the Monarch were said to be, 'of the blood royal undoubted' (isiZulu: Ngokungangabazeki egazini 'wasebukhosini). The appendage, 'undoubted,' was in reference to the House of Shabangu's matrileneal succession whereby descendants of male dynasts were barred from ascension to the throne. Accordingly, determination of blood relation to the Ibutho Monarch for dynastic purposes depended on dynasts' relations to the Monarch's mother and her matralineal descendants and antecedents. The Monarch's matralineal blood relatives were members of the Royal Family from birth if born with the titles Prince, Queen Mother, Queen Regnant, or King, or from accession if succeeding to the same titles.
Portrait | Dignity | Rank | Name | Date of Accession | Relationship to Monarch | Blood Right to Rank |
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Magnificence | King | Kharakhte Saksoure III | 3927 | Incumbent | Eldest Son of Queen Khethiwe The Queen Mother | |
Magnificence | Queen Mother | Khethiwe | 3927 | Mother | Eldest Living Daughter of Queen Ethwasa II The Queen Mother | |
Royal Highness | The Prince | Mohammed II, King of Talmoria | 3930 | Son | Child of the Monarch | |
Royal Highness | The Prince | Bathandwa | 3821 | 1st Cousin | Son of King Bathandwa | |
Highness | Prince du Sang de Rildanor | Menzi | 3821 | 1st Cousin Once Removed |
Direct descendant of King Negus of Rildanor: Dignity and membership in the Royal Family granted to son of The Prince Bathandwa during his father's Pretense to the Throne following the Ibutho Civil War; Assented to and sustained by Magnificence's Pleasure during reign of King Kharakhte Saksoure III |
Blood Royals Prior to 3643[]
Prior to King Mlungisi's introduction of matrilineal succession in 3643, membership in the Royal Family was determined by patrilineal relation to the Monarch. Though barred from succession by the change, dynasts qualifying under the old succession law were not stripped of titles and remain members of the Royal Family as a result. The last dynast to whom this status applied, HRH The Princess Thabisa, daughter of Inkosi Shabangu the Elder, died in 3654.
Royals By Marriage[]
Following constitutional reforms in 3644, spouses of blood Princes were granted courtesy use of their spouses' rank prefixed by gendered honorifics, i.e., Mrs. Prince HUSBAND'S NAME, and Mr. Princess WIFE'S NAME. Wives of the King enjoy continued use of the rank Queen (isiZulu: inkosikazi yenkosi), though the amendment revoked Queen Slindile's use of the rank Queen Mother due to her son Prince Zonke's disqualification from the succession. The amendment did not specify titles for spouses of Queens Regnant and the Queen Mother. Such consorts would presumably continue use of previously-granted courtesy ranks if their spouses were previously Princesses, or employ titles newly-granted by the incumbent Monarch. This speculation has not been tested however, since the only spouse to whom it would apply, Queen Mother Ethwasa I's husband, died before his wife's accession.
The 3644 amendment granting courtesy use of titles for Prince-rank spouses referenced only opposite-gender spouses. The palace and government have implemented no policy regarding Prince Zonke's same-sex spouse, Phila Mathebula, so his Royal Family membership status and use of any related titles is uncertain.
Mrs. Prince Xhegu and Mrs. Prince Felokwakhe have continued courtesy use of thier husbands' ranks since their deaths. This practice would presumably be extended to future widowed and widower Royal consorts.
Portrait | Dignity | Rank | Name | Date of Accession | Relationship to Monarch | Basis of Courtesy Title |
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Magnificence | Queen Consort | Musukebba | 3927 | Wife | Wife of the Monarch |
Prominent Deceased Members[]
Portrait | Dignity | Rank | Name | Tenure | Cause of Death | Relationship to Monarch | Basis of Rank |
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Royal Highness | Prince | Nkonkoni | Natural Causes | 1st Cousin | Son of Princess Sinethemba of eMahlabatini | ||
Magnificence | King | Andile III | 3672 | 3rd Great Uncle | Eldest Son of Queen Mother Ethwasa I | ||
Magnificence | Queen Mother | Ethwasa I | 3643 | 3rd Great Grandmother | Daughter of Queen Mother Nomvula | ||
Magnificence | Queen Mother | Philisile | 3643 | 2nd Great Grandmother | Daughter of Queen Mother Ethwasa I | ||
Magnificence | Queen Regnant | Ndonsa | 3653 | Great Grandmother | Elder Daughter of Queen Mother Philisile | ||
Royal Highness | The Prince | Sibusiso | 3672 | 1st Cousin Thrice Removed | Son of King Andile III | ||
Royal Highness | The Prince | Msizi | 3672 | 1st Cousin Thrice Removed | Son of King Andile III | ||
Highness | Princess | Thandekile | 3655 | 2nd Great Aunt | Daughter of Queen Mother Philisile | ||
Highness | Prince | Ncelebana | 3643 | 3rd Great Uncle | Son of Queen Mother Ethwasa | ||
Royal Highness | The Prince | Zonke | 3610 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Son of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Royal Highness | The Princess | Khulelaphi | 3595 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Daughter of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Royal Highness | The Princess | Qiniso | 3595 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Daughter of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Royal Highness | The Princess | Thabisa | 3595 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Daughter of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Royal Highness | The Princess | Slindile | 3595 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Daughter of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Royal Highness | The Princess | Khwezi | 3595 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Daughter of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Royal Highness | The Princess | Aphiwe | 3602 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Daughter of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Royal Highness | The Princess | Hleziphi | 3606 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Daughter of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Royal Highness | The Princess | Phumelela | 3614 | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Daughter of King Mlungisi the Orderer | ||
Magnificence | King | Mlungisi | 3595-3672 | Natural Causes | 4th Great Uncle | Son of Queen Mother Nomvula | |
Magnificence | Queen Mother | Nomvula | 3595-3606 | Lightning Strike | 4th Great Grandmother | Mother of King Mlungisi the Orderer | |
Magnificence | Queen Consort | Funani | 3595-3650 | Natural Causes | Step Aunt | Wife of King Mlungisi the Orderer | |
Royal Highness | The Prince | Felokwakhe | 3595-3603 | Lost at Sea | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Son of King Mlungisi the Orderer | |
Royal Highness | The Prince | Xhegu | 3595-3649 | Infirmity | 1st Cousin Four times Removed | Son of King Mlungisi the Orderer | |
Royal Highness | The Princess | Thabisa | 3595-3654 | Natural Causes | 5th Great Aunt | Daughter of Inkosi Shabangu the Elder | |
Magnificence | Queen Consort | Vemvane | 3595 | Natural Causes | Aunt-in-Law | Wife of King Mlungisi the Orderer | |
Magnificence | Queen Consort | Slindile | 3595 | Natural Causes | Aunt-in-Law | Wife of King Mlungisi the Orderer | |
Mr. | Princess | Kosan | 3595-3654 | Natural Causes | 1st Cousin-in-Law | Husband of The Princess Thabisa of Southern Kwelakubo | |
Magnificence | Queen Consort | Aida | 3672 | Wife | Wife of King Andile III | ||
Mr. | Princess | Patrice | 3652 | Brother-in-Law | Husband of Queen Mother Philisile | ||
Mrs. | Prince | Jabulile | 3612 | 1st Cousin-in-Law | Widow of The Prince Xhegu | ||
Mrs. | Prince | Mpumelelo | 3613 | 1st Cousin-in-Law | Widow of The Prince Felokwahke | ||
Mr. | Princess | Geza | 3595 | 1st Cousin-in-Law | Husband of The Princess Slindile | ||
Mr. | Princess | Chipo | 3603 | 1st Cousin-in-Law | Husband of The Princess Khwezi | ||
Mrs. | Prince | Dodakazi | 3633 | Sister-in-Law | Wife of Prince Ncelebana |
Non-Royal Relatives[]
The 3644 constitutional reforms limit the rank of Prince to the Monarch's children, heir apparent, and heirs eventual, children of the Monarch's heirs apparent and eventual, the Queen Mother's children, heir, and heirs eventual, and children of the Queen Mother's heirs apparent and eventual. As a result, many close relatives of the Monarch are excluded from the Royal Family, including all direct descendants of a male Monarch after his children, and many nephews, nieces, and cousins ranked highly in the line of succession.