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An African queen
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This image maybe of Verónica I of Matamba. "Verónica was daughter to King João Guterres Ngola Kanini of the combined kingdom of Ndongo and Matamba and was an important ruler of the Guterres Dynasty established by Queen Njinga Mbande.[1] She was probably most important in establishing the frequent practice of having female rulers in the country following the turbulent and often challenged reigns of Njinga and her sister Barbara in the period between 1624 and 1666." [Wikipedia] Read More
Source:
Cavazzi da Montecuccolo, Giovanni Antonio, and Fortunato Alamandini. 1687. Istorica Descrizione De' Tre Regni Congo, Matamba, Et Angola Sitvati Nell'Etiopia Inferiore Occidentale È Delle Missioni Apostoliche Esercitateui da Religiosi Capuccini. Bologna: Monti, p.613. Book at Google
Subject:
Royalty - Nobility - Africa - Ndongo - Queen - Portuguese
Date:
1687
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Public Domain
Image:
SA-ROYAF-28
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