The Ndongo are a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting northern Angola. Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ...
The Kingdom of Ndongo is first recorded in the fifteenth century. It was one of a number of vassal states to Kongo that existed in the region, though Ndongo was the most powerful of these. After several decades of resistance the kingdom was subdued by the Portuguese in 1671, but it continued to appear on maps into the 19th century. The Portuguese colony, extending far beyond the Ndongo Kingdom, its name was derived from that of the Ndongo king the ngola, also the source of the name Angola. A monarchy, (from the Greek monos, one, and archein, to rule) is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. ... The Empire Kongo The Kongo Kingdom was an African kingdom located in southwest Africa in what are now northern Angola, Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ...
See also: Nzinga of Ndongo, Queen of Ndongo Nzinga Mbande, queen of the Ndongo and Matamba. ...
The Kingdom of Ndongo is first recorded in the fifteenth century.
It was one of a number of vassal states to Kongo that existed in the region, though Ndongo was the most powerful of these.
The Portuguese colony, extending far beyond the NdongoKingdom, its name was derived from that of the Ndongo king the ngola, also the source of the name Angola.