Skip to main content
Menu
♥ Donate
eventREF E-0095455Revised

Event record

King Mswati III is born

King Mswati III is born

Date
19 Apr 1968
Updated
30 Sep 2019
King Mswati III is born

Makhosetive  Dlamini (King Mswati  III) was born in Masundini  Swaziland to King Sobhuza III and one of his younger wives Ntombi Tfwala.  Mswati was Tfwala’s only child. When his father,King Sobhuza, died in 1982, two of his wives acted as regents until Mswati could be of age to take over the throne. He was crowned in 1986 at the age of eighteen. Mswati has gained a reputation for stirring controversy over the years. His lavish lifestyle, ridiculous policies for combating HIV/AIDS, abducting and marrying underage girls have all sparked outrage and disapproval in his country and abroad. The King has 14 wives and 24 children. He is the last absolute monarch in the Africa.

Search events by date

What happened on your birthday?
View more events from this day

How we know this

  1. 01Biography King of Swaziland Mswati III Biography - The Story of a Prince, Holding onto Power, No Stranger to Controversy [online] Available at: https://biography.jrank.org [Accessed on 7 April 2013]
  2. 02News Time Africa Swaziland’s King Mswati III – Profile of Africa’s last absolute monarch [online] Available at: https://www.newstimeafrica.com [Accessed on 7 April 2013]  

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2013, April 12). King Mswati III is born . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095455

South African History Online (2013) 'King Mswati III is born ', South African History Online, 12 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095455 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, King Mswati III is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095455, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"King Mswati III is born ." South African History Online, 12 Apr. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095455. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "King Mswati III is born ." South African History Online. April 12, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095455.

Further reading

SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →