Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa

Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa (?? – December 1896, Marangara province, Nyanza, German East Africa)^[2] was Mwami of Rwanda between September 1895 and December 1896, having been made co-ruler by his father Kigeli IV Rwabugiri in 1889. Rutarindwa is sometime transcribed Rutalindwa.^[3]

Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa
Mwami of Rwanda
Reign	1895–1896
Predecessor	Kigeli IV Rwabugiri
Successor	Yuhi V Musinga
Born	Rwanda
Died	December 1896 Marangara Province Nyanza, German East Africa[1]
Clan	Abanyiginya
Father	Kigeli IV Rwabugiri
Mother	Nyiraburunga

Rule

His adopted father,^[4][5] Kigeli IV Rwabugiri, had proclaimed him co-ruler in 1889,^[6][7] effectively designating him his successor.^[8] On Rwabugiri's unexpected death in 1895 while on an expedition in modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, he was proclaimed king.^[8]

Rwandan Queen Mothers were politically powerful.^[3] Rutarindwa's mother had died and, consequently, Rwabugiri appointed another of his wives, Kanjogera, as his surrogate mother. With the death of Rwabugiri, she and her brothers Kabare and Ruhinankiko plotted to put her own young son Musinga, the future king Yuhi V Musinga, on the throne.^[8][9] This culminated in late 1896 in a battle between the King's and the Queen Mother's factions called the Rucunshu Coup,^[9][10] named for the hill that Rutarindwa had moved his court to.^[11] After the battle, Rutarindwa committed suicide,^[11][12][13] and the royal drum was destroyed when his house was burnt down.^[11]

References

1. "Olny.nl".
2. "Olny.nl".
3. Aimable Twagilimana (2007). Historical Dictionary of Rwanda. Scarecrow Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780810864269.
4. Nicola Palmer (2015). Courts in Conflict. Oxford University Press. p. 30, n. 22. ISBN 9780199398201.
5. Jan Vansina (2001). Le Rwanda ancien: le royaume nyiginya (in French). KARTHALA. p. 221. ISBN 9782845861459.
6. Jan Vansina (2004). Antecedents to Modern Rwanda. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 281, n. 5. ISBN 9780299201234.
7. Alison Des Forges (2011). Defeat Is the Only Bad News. University of Wisconsin Press. p. xxiii. ISBN 9780299281434.
8. David Newbury (2009). The Land beyond the Mists. Ohio University Press. pp. 334–335. ISBN 9780821443408.
9. Alison Des Forges (2011). Defeat Is the Only Bad News. University of Wisconsin Press. p. xxiii. ISBN 9780299281434.
10. Jan Vansina (2004). Antecedents to Modern Rwanda. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 179. ISBN 9780299201234.
11. Alison Des Forges (2011). Defeat Is the Only Bad News. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 16. ISBN 9780299281434.
12. Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates, eds. (2011). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. p. 373. ISBN 9780195382075.
13. Timothy J. Stapleton (2013). A Military History of Africa. Vol. 1. Praeger. p. 53. ISBN 9780313395703.

Preceded by Kigeli IV Rwabugiri	King of Rwanda 1895-1896	Succeeded by Yuhi V Musinga
Vacant	Co-ruler of Rwanda 1889-1895	Vacant