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| Yuhi III Mazimpaka | |
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| Mwami (King) | |
| Reign | 1735 - 1766 |
| Dynasty | Nyiginya dynasty (3rd) |
| Father | Mibamwe II Sekarongoro II Gisanura |
| Mother | Nyirayuhi III Nyamarembo |
Yuhi III Mazimpaka (scientific orthography: Yuhi wa Gatatu Mazimpakâ) was the Mwami (King) of kingdom of Rwanda from 1735 to 1766.
He is remembered as having been an exceptionally handsome young king. He was a highly intelligent and creative man. He is said to have been a painter with words (umusizi)/poet and a prophet. He revealed from his dreams the coming of a pale race of people in many years after his death that would lead to the downfall of his kingdom. King Yuhi III commissioned a construction of a three storeyed house made of tree trunks, reeds and grass straws at a place known as Kamonyi. It is thought to have been the first storeyed house ever built in Rwanda. He suffered occasional mental illness due to his combination of intensive meditations/envisioning and the daily running of the Kingdom. He died from a leg injury which he sustained from an attempt to dive from a high rock into a lake where he had gone to swim.
| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded byMibamwe II Sekarongoro II Gisanura | King of Rwanda 1735 - 1766 |
Succeeded byKalemera Rwaka |
References
- Vansina, Jan. 2004. Antecedents to Modern Rwanda : The Nyiginya Kingdom. Africa and the Diaspora. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press.
- Alexis Kagame. Un abrege de l'ethno histoire du Rwanda.
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| 3rd Dynasty (1650–1961) |
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