He was the first member of the Kinlaza kanda, and like his brother, Garcia II established the line in power. At the death of his predecessor, Alvaro IV an eleven year old candidate from the House of Kwilu, was overthrown by the ambitious Daniel da Silva, Duke of Mbamba. Alvaro VI and his brother Garcia defended the young king. In gratitude Alvaro V awarded the future Alvaro VI with the duchy of Mbamba in 1634. Alvaro IV died shortly after and was succeeded by his half brother, Alvaro V who was then himself poisoned.
Jealous members of the house of Kwilu, led by Gregorio, a court noble tried to engineer a coup to defeat Alvaro VI and his brother Garcia, but failed, and they stormed the capital and installed Alvaro VI as king on 26 February 1636. Gregorio, in turn went eastward and recruited the Duke of Mbata to assist in a counterattack, which failed.
He was descended through the female line of Anna Ntumba from King Afonso I. He was not supportive of Dutch comment in Soyo, and eventually forced the Count, Paulo to force them out. During his six-year reign he abandoned the marquisate of Makuta to the Count of Soyo (in 1637) and fought with the Dutch in against the Portuguese at Luanda.
Álvaro died on January or February 22, 1641; his brother succeeded him as Garcia II of Kongo.[1]
Álvaro, kongo, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2022, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Alvaro VI of Kongo news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Alvaro VI of Kongo sometimes called Nimi a Lukeni a Nzenze a Ntumba in the Kikongo language was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo Alvaro VIManikongoAlvaro VI of KongoReign1636 1641PredecessorAlvaro VSuccessorGarcia IIDied 1641 02 22 22 February 1641DynastyKinlaza dynasty He was the first member of the Kinlaza kanda and like his brother Garcia II established the line in power At the death of his predecessor Alvaro IV an eleven year old candidate from the House of Kwilu was overthrown by the ambitious Daniel da Silva Duke of Mbamba Alvaro VI and his brother Garcia defended the young king In gratitude Alvaro V awarded the future Alvaro VI with the duchy of Mbamba in 1634 Alvaro IV died shortly after and was succeeded by his half brother Alvaro V who was then himself poisoned Jealous members of the house of Kwilu led by Gregorio a court noble tried to engineer a coup to defeat Alvaro VI and his brother Garcia but failed and they stormed the capital and installed Alvaro VI as king on 26 February 1636 Gregorio in turn went eastward and recruited the Duke of Mbata to assist in a counterattack which failed He was descended through the female line of Anna Ntumba from King Afonso I He was not supportive of Dutch comment in Soyo and eventually forced the Count Paulo to force them out During his six year reign he abandoned the marquisate of Makuta to the Count of Soyo in 1637 and fought with the Dutch in against the Portuguese at Luanda Alvaro died on January or February 22 1641 his brother succeeded him as Garcia II of Kongo 1 See also editKingdom of Kongo List of rulers of Kongo Preceded byAlavaro V Manikongo1636 1641 Succeeded byGarcia IIReferences edit Thornton John 2020 A History of Central Africa to 1850 New York Cambridge University Press pp 159 161 ISBN 978 1 107 127159 nbsp This biography of a member of an African royal house is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alvaro VI of Kongo amp oldid 1159097905, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
