Kingdom of Kongo

Overview

The Kingdom of Kongo was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. At its greatest extent it reached from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Kwango River in the east, and from the Congo River in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. The kingdom consisted of several core provinces ruled by the Manikongo, the Portuguese version of the Kongo title Mwene Kongo, meaning "lord or ruler of the Kongo kingdom", and its sphere of influence extended to neighbouring kingdoms, such as Ngoyo, Kakongo, Loango, Ndongo, and Matamba, the latter two located in what became Angola.

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Borders & accuracy

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

• SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
• DETAILhand-crafted-from-atlases
• SNAPSHOT1550
• POLITY TYPEtributary

Wars of this empire18

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Portuguese Conquest of Angola1575–1671
  World-changing
• Battle of Mbwila1665
  World-changing
• Kongo Civil War1665–1709
  World-changing
• Kingdom of Kongo Expansion1390–1506
  Major conflict
• Jaga Invasion of Kongo1568–74
  Major conflict
• Dutch Conquest of Luanda1641–48
  Major conflict
• Battle of Kombi1647
  Major conflict
• Kongo Civil War of 15061506
  Significant
• Kongo-Ndongo War of 15561556
  Significant
• Battle of Mbumbi1622
  Significant
• Kongo-Portuguese War of 16221622–23
  Significant
• Battle of Mbanda Kasi1623
  Significant
• Antonian Movement1704–06
  Significant
• Battle of Mbula1709
  Significant
• Kongo-Portuguese Conflicts1506–1650
  Regional
• Yaka-Kongo Wars1620–1700
  Regional
• Battle of Mbanza Mbata1622
  Regional
• Battle of Ambuila1665
  Regional