Little is known about Afonso II or his reign. Duarte Lopes told Filippo Pigafetta the Italian humanist who composed a description of Kongo in 1591 that Diogo I's succession was disputed by three pretenders, His son, who few favored was immediately killed, and a second person was elected favored by the majority of the people, but the Portuguese in the capital murdered him , while the party of the second king murdered the Portuguese favorite and then set out a general massacre of Portuguese.[1] However, contemporary records support a different course of events, the first elected king, Afonso II, ruled only a few days, though he had Portuguese support and was overthrown as being illegitimate by Bernardo.[2]
No contemporary sources mention Afonso II by name, perhaps because his reign was so short, but his name appeared on a list of kings written by Antonio da Silva, a Kongo historian who served as Duke of Mbamba in 1617.[3]
^Pigafetta, Filippo (1881). A Report of the Kingdom of Congo and the Surrounding Countries. London: John Murray.p. 93
^Thornton, John (2020). A History of West Central Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 68. ISBN978-1-107-12715-9.
^Saccardo, Graziano (1982). Congo e Angola con la storia dell'antica missione dei Cappuccini. Venice: Curia Provinciale dei Cappuccini Venezia-Mestre. p. 56.
afonso, kongo, afonso, ruler, kingdom, kongo, 1561, afonso, iimwene, kongoreign1561, 1561predecessordiogo, isuccessorbernardo, idynastylukeni, kandabiography, editlittle, known, about, afonso, reign, duarte, lopes, told, filippo, pigafetta, italian, humanist, . Afonso II was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo in 1561 Afonso IIMwene KongoReign1561 to 1561PredecessorDiogo ISuccessorBernardo IDynastyLukeni kandaBiography editLittle is known about Afonso II or his reign Duarte Lopes told Filippo Pigafetta the Italian humanist who composed a description of Kongo in 1591 that Diogo I s succession was disputed by three pretenders His son who few favored was immediately killed and a second person was elected favored by the majority of the people but the Portuguese in the capital murdered him while the party of the second king murdered the Portuguese favorite and then set out a general massacre of Portuguese 1 However contemporary records support a different course of events the first elected king Afonso II ruled only a few days though he had Portuguese support and was overthrown as being illegitimate by Bernardo 2 No contemporary sources mention Afonso II by name perhaps because his reign was so short but his name appeared on a list of kings written by Antonio da Silva a Kongo historian who served as Duke of Mbamba in 1617 3 See also editKingdom of Kongo List of Manikongos of KongoReferences edit Pigafetta Filippo 1881 A Report of the Kingdom of Congo and the Surrounding Countries London John Murray p 93 Thornton John 2020 A History of West Central Africa Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 68 ISBN 978 1 107 12715 9 Saccardo Graziano 1982 Congo e Angola con la storia dell antica missione dei Cappuccini Venice Curia Provinciale dei Cappuccini Venezia Mestre p 56 Preceded byDiogo I Manikongo1561 Succeeded byBernardo I 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 Afonso II of Kongo amp oldid 1105811400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
