Kintu of Buganda

Kato Kintu Kakulukuku (fl. early 14th Century) was the first Kabaka

Kabaka of Buganda

Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda. According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and the other material....

 (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda

Buganda

Buganda is a subnational kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Ganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda, comprising all of Uganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala, with the exception of the disputed eastern Kayunga District...

. Kato Kintu is not to be confused with Kintu

The legend of Kintu

Kintu is a mythological figure who appears in a legend of the Baganda of Uganda as a creation myth. According to this legend, Kintu was the first person on earth, the father of all people.-Myth:...

, the first person on the earth

First man or woman

First man or woman may refer to:* The spouse of an elected head of state, see First Lady, First Gentleman.* First Man, the biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon....

 according to Buganda legend. Kato Kintu gave himself the name Kintu, a name that he knew the Baganda associated with the father of all people.

Claim to the throne

Kintu created the kingdom of Buganda by forcefully taking over the five (5) clans that lived in the region. To signify his victory over a clan, he would sleep in the conquered leader's home; tradition says that Buganda was the name of the first house that he slept in after his victory over Bbemba and his tribe. Buganda was later used to refer to the entire area he subdued.

Marital life

Kabaka Kintu was married to Nambi Nantuttululu, his chief wife, daughter of Bakazirwendo, of the Ngeye clan.

Offspring

He is reported to have fathered five (5) children, four sons and one daughter:

• Prince (Omulangira) Lukedi, Chief of Bukedi
• Prince (Omulangira) Winyi, Chief of Kibulala (allegedly Winyi I, Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara).
  • Prince Winyi married Lady Wannyana, his chief wife, sister of Balitema Kajubi, Chief of Kasujju, a Muhima. Together they had two children: (a) Princess (Omumbejja) Musenyu, Chiefess of Kyeeya; the eldest child and (b) Prince (Omulangira) Ntembe, Chief of Busoga
• Prince (Omulangira) Mulanga Kimera, a great hunter who worked iron and introduced the Baganda
  Baganda
  The Ganda are an ethnic group native to Buganda, a subnational kingdom within Uganda. Traditionally comprising 52 tribes the Ganda have a rich history and culture...
  
   to eat meat
  Meat
  Meat is animal flesh that is used as food. Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but it may also describe other edible tissues such as organs and offal...
  
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• Kabaka Chwa I Nabakka
  Chwa I of Buganda
  Chwa I Nabakka was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda. He reigned during the mid 14th century. He was the second Kabaka of Buganda.-Claim to the throne:...
  
  , Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned in the mid 14th century.
• Princess (Omumbejja) Nang'oma, Chiefess of Buluuli

Succession table

External links

• The history of the Buganda Kingdom
• List of The Kings of Buganda