Louis Alphonse de Bourbon is the head of the House of Bourbon. Members of the family formerly ruled France and other countries. According to the Legitimists, Louis Alphonse is considered the pretender to the defunct throne of France as Louis XX. With the death of his father, he has been using the title of Duke of Anjou since 1989.
The Thembu refers to the Xhosa people who were under the Thembu Kingdom.
In history and heraldry, a cadet branch consists of the male-line descendants of a monarch's or patriarch's younger sons (cadets). In the ruling dynasties and noble families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets—realm, titles, fiefs, property and income—have historically been passed from a father to his firstborn son in what is known as primogeniture; younger sons—cadets—inherited less wealth and authority to pass to future generations of descendants.
Hintsa ka Khawuta, also known as Great or King Hintsa, was the king of the Xhosa Kingdom, founded by his great ancestor, King Tshawe. He ruled from 1820 until his death in 1835. The Xhosa Kingdom, at its peak, during his reign stretched from Mbhashe River, south of Mthatha to the Gamtoos River, in the Southern Cape.
King Sarhili was the King of Xhosa nation from 1835 until his death in 1892 at Sholora, Bomvanaland. He was also known as "Kreli", and led the Xhosa armies in a series of frontier wars.
King Gwebi'nkumbi was the king of the AmaXhosa Nation from 1902 until his death on the 30 May 1921. His father was King Sigcawu kaSarili.
Daliza Sigcawu was the regent and 8th king of the Gcaleka sub-group of the Xhosa nation after his brother Salukaphathwa Gwebi'nkumbi Sigcawu died on 30 May 1921 until he handed over the reign to his nephew Mpisekhaya Ngangomhlaba Sigcawu in 1923 when he was old enough. His father was Sigcawu ka Sarili.
King Zwelidumile KaGwebinkumbi was the King of the AmaXhosa Kingdom of South Africa from 3 June 1933 to the 9 April 1965. He took over the reins when his oldest brother Mpisekhaya Ngangomhlaba Sigcawu died. He was born near Willowvale in the Cape Colony to Salukaphathwa Gwebi'nkumbi Sigcawu.
King Xolilizwe KaZwelidumile was the King of the Xhosa people from 10 April 1965 to 31 December 2005. King Xolilizwe was an active member of the National House of Traditional Leaders. He was the oldest son of King Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu.
King Zwelonke was a South African royal and King of the Xhosa people. He became king on 1 January 2006. Zwelonke was born at Nqadu Great Palace in Willowvale in the Eastern Cape to Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu and Nozamile.
Queen Victoria, the British monarch from 1837 to 1901, and Prince Albert had 9 children, 42 grandchildren, and 87 great-grandchildren.
The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people are a Nguni ethnic group whose traditional homeland is primarily the Cape Provinces of South Africa. They are the second largest ethnic group in Southern Africa and are native speakers of the IsiXhosa language.
The Rharhabe House is the second senior house of the Xhosa Kingdom.
King (iKumkani) Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile was the son of the late King Mxolisi Sandile Aa! Bazindlovu, who was the son of King Archie Velile Sandile, and Queen Nolizwe, the daughter of AmaMpondo King Victor Poto Ndamase Aa! Bhekuzulu and sister to the wife of Chief Justice Thandathu Mabandla of the AmaBhele aseTyhume royal clan. He was the 9th descendant of King Phalo, the Son of King Tshiwo.
The Gcaleka House is the Great house of the Xhosa Kingdom in what is now the Eastern Cape. Its royal palace is in the former Transkei and its counterpart in the former Ciskei is the Rharhabe, which is the right hand house of Phalo.
The Mpondomise people, also called AmaMpondomise, are a Xhosa-speaking people. Their traditional homeland has been in the contemporary era Eastern Cape province of South Africa, during apartheid they were located both in the Ciskei and Transkei region. Like other separate Xhosa-speaking kingdoms such as abaThembu and amaMpondo, they speak Xhosa and are at times considered as part of the Xhosa people.
King Ahlangene Cyprian Vulikhaya Sigcawu is the King of Xhosa people. He was born in 1970 in Nqadu Great Place in Willowvale by King Xolilizwe Sigcawu and Queen Nogaweni. He took over as the King in 2020 after the death of caretaker Xhosa King INkosi Nongudle Dumehleli Mapasa who took over following the death of King Zwelonke Sigcawu in 2019.
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