Kingdom of Kongo

E687483
historical kingdom precolonial African state

The Kingdom of Kongo was a powerful precolonial Central African state, centered in what is now northern Angola and surrounding regions, known for its complex political organization and early contact with European powers.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kongo Kingdom 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical kingdom ⓘ
precolonial African state ⓘ
administrativeDivision provinces ⓘ
alternativeName Kongo Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kongo dya Ntotila NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Mbanza Kongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialSuccessorState Portuguese Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
convertedTo Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency nzimbu shells ⓘ
endTime 1914 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kongo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
event Portuguese–Kongo contact NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEuropeanContactDate 1483 ⓘ
firstEuropeanContactWith Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hadVassalState Kingdom of Ndongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Manikongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantBattle Battle of Mbwila NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantBattleDate 1665 ⓘ
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Kikongo ⓘ
legalSystem customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gabon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionaryActivityFrom Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionaryOrder Franciscans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jesuits NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernHeritageSite Mbanza Kongo UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler Afonso I of Kongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
António I of Kongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garcia II of Kongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nzinga a Nkuwu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pedro II of Kongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialReligionUnderAfonsoI Roman Catholicism ⓘ
produced copper ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
raffia cloth ⓘ
religion Kongo traditional religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime 14th century ⓘ
c. 1390 ⓘ
tradedWith Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jemmy → countryOfOrigin → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Kongo people → historicalKingdom → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Kongo people → historicalState → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongo Kingdom
Lower Congo region → historicalRegionOf → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Kongo → hasNameVariant → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Bakongo → historicalRegion → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Bakongo → sharesHeritageWith → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongo Kingdom
Bakongo → historicalState → Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ