Álvaro XIII of Kongo
Alvaro XIII or Ndongo (died 1875) was king of Kongo from 1857 until 1859. He was a member of the Nkanga branch of the Kimpanzu house.[1]
Rule
The electors chose Álvaro XIII to rule, but his cousin, Pedro V, contested the throne. Pedro was expelled from the capital city, São Salvador, where he sought the assistance of the Portuguese, who had recently occupied Bembe, located to the south of his core domains. In order to obtain this aid, Pedro swore vassalage to Portugal, the first Kongo king ever to do so. With Portuguese assistance, he was able, after a long struggle, to capture São Salvador and drive Álvaro off the throne.[2]
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Rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo
- Lukeni lua Nimi
- Nanga of Kongo
- Nlaza of Kongo
- Nkuwu a Ntinu of Kongo
- João I of Kongo
- Afonso I of Kongo
- Pedro I of Kongo
- Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi
- Afonso II of Kongo
- Bernardo I of Kongo
- Henrique I of Kongo
the recapture of São Salvador (1709–1891)
- Pedro IV of Kongo
- Manuel II of Kongo
- Garcia IV of Kongo
- Nicolau I of Kongo
- Afonso IV of Kongo
- António II of Kongo
- Sebastião I of Kongo
- "Pedro V"
- Álvaro XI of Kongo
- José I of Kongo
- Afonso V of Kongo
- Álvaro XII of Kongo
- Aleixo I of Kongo
- Joaquim I of Kongo
- Henrique II of Kongo
- Garcia V of Kongo
- André II of Kongo
- Henrique III of Kongo
- Álvaro XIII of Kongo
- Pedro V of Kongo
1881 vassalage treaty with Portugal (1891–1914)
- Alvaro XV of Kongo
- Pedro VII of Kongo
- António III of Kongo
- Isabel Maria da Gama, Q of Kongo (regent)
- Pedro VIII of Kongo
- Isabel Maria da Gama of Kongo (regent)
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