Tsandzile Ndwandwe

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Tsandzile Ndwandwe
Senior Queen	Tsandzile Ndwandwe
Predecessor	Somnjalose Simelane
Successor	Labotsibeni Mdluli
Born	Zulu Kingdom
Died	Swaziland
Spouse	Sobhuza I
Issue	Mswati II
House	Ndwandwe
Father	Zwide kaLanga

Thandile 'Tsandzile' Ndwandwe, also known as LaZidze ("daughter of Zwide"), was an Ndlovukati or senior queen of Swaziland from July 1868 until June 1875.

She was the daughter of King Zwide kaLanga, the senior wife of King Sobhuza I, and the mother of King Mswati II.^[1]

References

↑ Phillip Bonner, Transvaal/Swazi Politics in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, The Journal of African History, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1978), pp. 219–238

Regnal titles
Preceded by King Mswati II of Swaziland	Queen Regent of Swaziland 1868-1875	Succeeded by Crown Prince Ludvonga II

v t e Monarchs of Eswatini (Swaziland)
Pre-modern Swaziland (until 1745)	Mkhulunkosi Qomizitha Sukuta Madlasomo Ndlovu Ngwekati Mawawa/Kuwawa Sidvwabasilutfuli Gebase Kunene Nkabingwe Madlabane Hhili Dulunga Dondobola Sihuba Mlangeni Msimudze Mbhondlo/Mbhondlo/Mbhoholo Tembe Sikhulumaloyo Langa Samuketi Nkomo Khabako Nkosi I: (1355–1400) Ngwane I: 1400–1435 Dlamini I (Matalatala): 1435–1465 Mswati I: 1480–1520 Ngwane II: 1520–1550 Dlamini II: 1555–1600 Nkosi II: 1600–1640 Mavuso I: 1645–1680 Magudulela: 1685–1685 Ludvonga: 1685–1715 Dlamini III: 1720–1744
Modern Swaziland (1745–1906)	Ngwane III: 1745–1780 (the first King of modern Swaziland) LaYaka Ndwandwe (Queen Regent): 1780 Ndvungunye (Zikodze, Mavuso II): 1780–1815 Lomvula Mndzebele (Queen Regent): 1815 Sobhuza I (Somhlolo): 1815–1839 Lojiba Simelane (Queen Regent): 1836–1840 Mswati II (Mavuso III): 1840–1868 Tsandzile Ndwandwe (Queen Regent): July 1868 – June 1875 Crown Prince Ludvonga II (Macaleni) – never became King Dlamini IV (Mbandzeni): 1875–1889 Tibati Nkambule (Queen Regent): 7 April 1889 – 1894 Ngwane V (Mahlokohla): January 1895 – 10 December 1899 Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli (Queen Regent): 10 December 1899 – 31 March 1906
Paramount Chiefs under British rule (1906–1968)	Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli (Queen Regent): 31 March 1906 – 22 December 1921 Sobhuza II: 22 December 1921 – 2 September 1968
Kings of Swaziland (1968–2018)	Sobhuza II (1968–1982) Queen Dzeliwe (regent): 21 August 1982 – 9 August 1983 Prince Sozisa Dlamini (acting regent): 9 August 1983 – 18 August 1983 Queen Ntfombi (regent): 18 August 1983 – 25 April 1986 Mswati III (1986–present)
Kings of Eswatini (2018–present)	Mswati III (1986–present)
tiNdlovukati (Queen Mother/Doctor)	LaYaka Ndwandwe, 1745–1780 (Regent 1780) Lomvula Mndzebele, 1780–1815 (Regent 1815) Lojiba Simelane, 1815–1840 (Regent 1836–1840) Tsandzile Ndwandwe (LaZidze), 1840–1875 (Regent 1868–1875) Sisile Khumalo (Lamgangeni), 1875 Tibati Nkambule (Madvolomafisha), 1875–1894 (Regent 1889–1894) Labotsibeni Mdluli (Gwamile, Lamvelase), 1894–1925 (Regent 1899–1921) Lomawa Ndwandwe, 1925–1938 Nukwase Ndwandwe, 1938–1957 Zihlathi Ndwandwe/Mkhatjwa, 1957–1975 Seneleleni Ndwandwe, 1975–1982 Dzeliwe Shongwe (Regent 1982–1983) Ntfombi Tfwala, 1983–present (Regent 1983–1986)

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