Hlongwane

Hlongwane is the surname and clan name of the royal family of AmaNgwane[1].

Genealogy and history

The Hlongwane clan traces its origins to Hlongwane of Ngwane, the royal clan founder who ruled at the White Umfolozi River in 1400.

The royal lineage of AmaNgwane is recorded as follows:

  • Ngwane - 1350
  • Hlongwane - 1400
  • Sangweni - 1450
  • Somkhabase - 1500
  • Dlabathi - 1530
  • Mafu - 1560
  • Ngwane II - 1600
  • Ngwadi I - 1640
  • Nsele - 1670
  • Ndungunya I - 1700
  • Tshanibudekansele - 1740
  • Masumpa - 1780
  • Matiwane - 1815
  • Zikhali - 1830
  • Ncwadi Hlongwane (Ngwadi II) - 1870
  • Bambazi Hlongwane - 1900
  • Ndungunya Hlongwane (Ndungunya II) - 1930
  • Tshanibezwe Hlongwane - 1960
  • Menzi Hlongwane - 2005

Clans who descend from the royal house of Hlongwane include: Sangweni[2], Masumpa, Matiwane, Zikhali, Ntsimango, Khondlo, Sono, Mzamo, Mphayise and Tunyiswa[3].

Notable figures with the Hlongwane clan name include:

  1. ^ Van Warmelo, N.J (1938). History of Matiwane and the Amangwane Tribe. Pretoria, Republic of South Africa: Union of South Africa's Department of Native Affairs. ISBN 9781928326205. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. ^ Patricks, Richard (2002). Tibongo Netinanatelo Temaswati/Swazi Surnames and their Praise names. Mbabane, Kingdom of Eswatini: Swaziland National Trust Commission, Natural History Society of Swaziland, Conservation Trust of Swaziland. pp. 21, 63.
  3. ^ Mqhayi, S.E.K (1937). Umhlekazi U Hintsa [King Hintsa] (in ISO 639-1: xh). The Lovedale Press. pp. 7–8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)