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Álvaro VII of Kongo

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Álvaro VII
Mwene Kongo
ReignDecember 1665 – June 1666
PredecessorAfonso II of Kongo and Nkondo
SuccessorÁlvaro VIII

Álvaro VII (Mpanzu-a-Mabondo) (b. 1631 - d. 1666) was king of the Kingdom of Congo from 1665 to 1666.[1]

When the death of Antonio I at the Battle of Mbwila (October 29, 1665) was announced, Álvaro, a relative of the dead sovereign and a member of the Kinlaza lineage, was proclaimed king.[2]

The new king sent a trusted Capuchin, Friar Girolamo of Montesarchio, to make peace with the Portuguese in to Luanda, Angola, in Christmas 1665. But the friar was waylaid by a rebellion in Mbamba, and only returned to the capital in June 1666, where he found Álvaro VII already dead; in the meantime, the powerful Count of Soyo, Paulo da Silva, had marched on São Salvador (the capital of the kingdom), killed the king and proclaimed Álvaro VIII in his place.[3]

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  1. ^ "Angola Traditional states". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  2. ^ Kessler, P. L. "Kingdoms of Africa - Angola / Kongo Kingdom". The History Files. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  3. ^ Thornton, John K. (1982). "The Kingdom of Kongo, ca. 1390-1678. The Development of an African Social Formation (Le royaume du Kongo, ca. 1390-1678. Développement d'une formation sociale africaine)". Cahiers d'Études Africaines. 22 (87/88): 337. ISSN 0008-0055.
Preceded by Manikongo
1665–1666
Succeeded by