Congo (Kinshasa) Traditional states

c.1700                     Gareganze state, also called Katanga, founded.
1880                       Ruler adopts the style mwami (king).
1900                       State extinguished by Belgian colonial authorities.

Rulers
.... - ....                Kawumbu Sahapepala
.... - 1856                Panda (Sanga)
1856 - 1880                Ngelengwa "Msiri"                  (b. c.1815 - d. 1891)
Kings (title mwami)
1880 - 20 Dec 1891         Ngelengwa "Msiri"                  (s.a.)
20 Dec 1891 - 1900         Mukunda Bantu                      (b. c.1843 - d. 1910)

Note: The polity has of course no official name. The names are given in the currently accepted transcription (without the diacritics and without the distinction between open and closed e and o), together with, in [ ], a common traditional transcription.

c.550                      Legendary date of foundation of the kingdom.
1600                       Kingdom consolidated by Shyaam aMbul aNgoong
                             [Shamba Bolongongo].

Kings (title Nyim [Nyimi])
1776 - 1810                Kot aMbul [Kata Mbula]
1810 - 1840                Miko miMbul [Mikope Mbula]
1840 - 1885                Mbop aMabiinc maMbul [Bope Mobinji]
1885 - 1890                Miko aMabiinc maMbul
                             [Mikope Mobinji]
1890 - 1896                Kot aMbweeky aMileng [Koto Mboke]
1896 - 1900                Misha aPelyeeng [Mishanga Pelenge]
1900                       Miko aPelyeeng [Mikope Pelenge]
1900                       Mbop Pelyeeng II [Bope Pelenge]
1900                       .... [Mingashanga Bake]
1900                       Kot aKyeen [Kwete Kena]
1900 - 1901                Mbop aKyeen [Bope Kena]
1901 - 1902                Miko miKyeen [Mikope Kena]
1902 - 1916                Kot aPe [Kwete Peshanga Kena]
1916 - 1919                Mbop aMabiinc maMbweeky
                             [Bope Mobinji Boke]
1919 - 1939                Kot aMabiinc maKyeen
                             [Kwete Mobinji Kena]
1939 - Sep 1969            Mbop aMabiinc maKyeen
                             [Bope Mobinji Kena]
Sep 1969 -                 Kot aMbweeky aShyaang [Kwete Mboke]

1585                       Luba kingdom/empire founded. 
1889                       Ruling lineage split into two ruling lineages.

Kings or Emperors (title muLopwe)
c.1685 - c.1700            Kumwimba
c.1700 - c.1715            Kasongo Bonswe
c.1715 - c.1740            Mwine Kombe Dai
c.1740 - c.1742            Kadilo
c.1742 - c.1749            Kekenya
c.1749 - c.1769            Kaumbo
c.1768 - c.1781            Miketo
1781 - 1809                Ilunga Nsungu 
c.1800                     Kasongo Kukaya (in rebellion) 
1809 - 1837                Kumwimba Ngombe 
1837                       Ndaye Muzinga (usurper) 
1837 - 1864                Ilunga Kabale 
1864 - 1865                Maloba Konkola 
1865 - 1869                Kitamba 
1869 - 1885                Kasongo a Kalombo                  (d. 1886) 
1885 - 1889                Nday a Mande                       (d. 1889)
- Lineage 1 -
1889 - Oct 1917            Kasongo a Nyembo                   (b. 18.. - d. 1917) 
1917 - 1935                Umpafu Ilunga Kumwimba             (d. 1948)
1935 - 1957                Ilunga Kisuku 
1857 - 1964                Kasongo a Nyembo 
1964 -                     Kisula Ngoy
- Lineage 2 -
1889 - 1948                Kabongo Kumwimba Tshimbu           (d. 1946) 
1948 - 25 Oct 1960         Kabongo Boniface Kalowa            (b. 1905/10 - d. 1960) 
                            (Ilunga Balowa Boniface 
                             = Dibwe Kalowa Boniface)
Oct 1960 - 198.            Kabongo Makassa Dibwe              (d. 198.)

Note: The same convention about transcription of names as under Kuba applies to this record.

c.1500                     Ruund [Luunda] state founded.
1690                       The ruler adopts the style Mwaant Yaav [Mwaanta Yaava].

Rulers (title Mwaant Yaav [Mwaanta Yaava])
c.1687 - c.1719            Mbal I Yaav
c.1719 - c.1720            Mukas Munying Kabalond 
c.1720 - c.1748            Muteb I Kat Kateng
c.1748 - c.1766            Mukas Waranankong
c.1766 - 1775              Naweej I Mufa Muchimbunj
1775 - 1800                Cikomb Yaav Italesh [Cikombe Yaava]
1800 - 1852                Naweej II a Ditend [Naweeji Yaava 
                             Ditende "Diuta"]
1852 - 1857                Mulaj a Namwan [Mulaji aMbala]
1857                       Cakasekene Naweej
1857 - 1873                Muteb II a Cikomb
                             [Muteba yaCikombe]
1873 - 1874                Mbal II a Kamong Isot [Mbala]      (d. 1874)
1874 - 1883                Mbumb I Muteb a Kat [Mbumba Muteba]
1883 - 1884                Cimbindu a Kasang 
                             [Cimbindu Ditende]
1884 - 1885                Kangapu Naweej [Kangapu Naweeji]   (d. 1885)
1885 - 1886                Mudib [Kibamba Mudiba]             (d. 1886)
1886 - 1887                Mutand Mukaz [Mutanda Mukanza]     (d. 1887)
1887                       Mbal III a Kalong [Mbala Cilombe]
1887 - 1907                Mushid I a Nambing [Mushidi]       (d. 1907)
1907 - 1920                Muteb I a Kasang [Muteba]
                            (in rebellion from 1898)
1920 - 1951                Kaumbw Diur [Kaumba]
1951 - Jun 1963            Yaav a Naweej III [Yaava Naweeji]
1963 - 1965                Mushid II "Lumanga" Kawel a Kamin
                             [Mushidi]
Dec 1965 - 27 Nov 1973     Muteb II Mushid [Muteba Mushidi]
27 Nov 1973 - 1984         Mbumb II Muteb [Mbumba Muteba]     (d. 1984)
1984 - 27 Jan 2005         Kawel II                           (b. 1932? - d. 2005)
28 Jan 2005 -              Mushid III                         (b. 1945)

c.1700                     Kasongo Luunda state founded. 

Rulers (title Kyambvu)
.... - 1859                Muteeba Kadi (Muteeba Nzuzi or Mbaala) 
1859 - 1886                Naweesi 
1886 - 1894                Tsiimba Mukuumbi 
1894 - 1902                Lukookisa 
1902 - 1904                Muloombo 
1904 - 1915                Mwaana Koko (Kodi Pwaanga) (1st time) 
1915 - 1922                Mulumbi Mbisi 
1922 - 1925                Kabeya 
1925 - 1929                Bivula (Bangi) 
1929 - 1939                Mwaana Koko (Kodi Pwaanga) (2nd time) 
1939 - 1941                Kambaamba 
1941 - 1945                Mukulu Désiré 
1945 -                     Paandzu Pfumukulu

Note: From c.1873 there are many branches of the dynasty; this record only concerns the
main lineage.

c.1750                     Mangbetu kingship established.
Nov 1881 - 1883            Egyptian occupation.

Rulers (title mkinyi kpokpo)
.... - ....                Orua Ero
.... - ....                Mebula
.... - 1815                Manzika
1815 - 1859                Nabiembali
1859 - 1867                Tuba
1867 - 1873                Mbunza
1873 - 1879                Nesogo
1873 - 27 Dec 1895         Niangara
                            (establishes a separate polity)
1879 - 1881                Mambanga (1st time)
Nov 1881 - 1883            Mbittima (under Egyptian occupation)
1883                       Mambanga (2nd time)
                            (goes on to establish another branch)
1883 - ....                Koi Mbunza