Ntare IV of Nkore

Ntare IV of Nkore (died 1727), sometimes referred to as Ntare IV Nyakikoto Kitabanyoro, was the Omugabe of Nkore, a historic state located in what is now Uganda, from 1699 to 1727.^[1] The term "Omugabe" is translated in various ways but is most commonly equated to "king".

Ntare IV
Omugabe of Nkore
Reign	Late precolonial period
Predecessor	Mirindi
Successor	Macwa
Dynasty	Bahinda dynasty

He ruled during the late precolonial period and is attested primarily through oral traditions, royal genealogies, and later historical reconstructions rather than contemporary written records.^[2][3]

The famous Ntare School in Mbarara has been named after this Omugabe.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Mirindi	Omugabe of Nkore 1699–1727	Succeeded by Macwa

Background

The Kingdom of Nkore was one of the major Great Lakes kingdoms of East Africa, developing a centralized political system by the second millennium CE.^[4] It was governed by a hereditary monarch known as the Omugabe, whose authority combined political, military, and ritual roles.^[5] Royal succession was traditionally associated with the Bahinda dynasty, which provided most of Nkore’s rulers.^[2]

The regnal name Ntare was borne by several kings of Nkore, and numerical distinctions are used by modern historians to differentiate them.^[3] Ntare IV belonged to this dynastic tradition during a period when Nkore’s institutions were already well established, particularly its cattle-based economy and system of appointed chiefs.^[5]

See also

• Ankole