Kingdom of Ndongo

State · 1515–1671 CE · at its largest around 1515 CE

Mbundu kingdom in the Kwanza valley of Angola ruled by the Ngola; it resisted Portuguese conquest for a century, notably under Queen Nzinga, before falling in 1671.

On its lands while it lasted

• Queen Nzinga (c. 1583 CE – 1663 CE): Queen of the Mbundu kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba who resisted Portuguese expansion in Angola for decades through war and diplomacy.

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