List of rulers of the Lunda Empire

• Mwaaka (c. 1500-c. 1516) • Yala Maaku, son of Mwaaka(c. 1516-c. 1550)), son of Cibind Yirung (ruled c. 1630-c. 1660) • Yaav II a Nawej, son of Naweej (ruled c. 1660-c. 1687) ==Mwaant Yaav of Lunda Empire==

• Mbal I Yaav, son of Yaav II (ruled c. 1687-c. 1719) • Mukas Munying Kabalond, brother of Mbal I (ruled c. 1719-c. 1720) • Muteb I Kat Kateng, brother of Mukas I (ruled c. 1720-c. 1748) • Mukas Waranankong, son of Muteb I (ruled c. 1748-c. 1766) • Naweej I Mufa Muchimbunj, of unclear pedigree (ruled c. 1766-1775) • Cikomb Yaav Italesh, son of Yaav ya Mbanyi (ruled 1775-1800) • Naweej II a Ditend, nephew of Cikomb (ruled 1800-1852) • Mulaj a Namwan, nephew of Cikomb (ruled 1852-1857) • Cakasekene Naweej, son of Mulaj a Namwan (ruled 1857) • Muteb II a Cikomb, son of Cikomb (ruled 1857-1873) • Mbal II a Kamong Isot, son of Naweej II (ruled 1873-1874) • Mbumb I Muteba a Kat, nephew of Cikomb (ruled 1874-1883) • Cimbindu a Kasang, son of Muteb II (ruled 1883-1884) • Kangapu Naweej, son of Muteb II (ruled 1884-1885) • Mudib, son of Naweej II (ruled 1885-1886) • Mutand Mukaz, son of Naweej II (ruled 1886-1887) • Mbal III a Kalong, son of Naweej II (ruled 1887) ==Mwaant Yaav under the Congo Free State==

• Mushidi I a Nambing, son of Mbumb I (ruled 1887-1907) • Muteb I a Kasang, son of Muteb II a Cikomb (ruled 1907-1908, in rebellion from 1898) ==Mwaant Yaav under the Belgian Congo==

• Muteb I a Kasang cont. (ruled 1908-1920) • Kaumbw Diur, grandson of Naweej II (ruled 1920-1951) • Yaav a Naweej III, great-grandson of Naweej II (ruled 1951-1960) ==Mwaant Yaav under Katanga==

• Yaav a Nawej III cont. (ruled 1960-1962) ==Mwaant Yaav under Republic of Congo==

• Yaav a Nawej III cont. (ruled 1962-June 1963) • Mushidi II "Lumanga" Kawel a Kamin, grandson of Mushidi I (ruled 1963-December 1965) • Muteb II Mushid, nephew of Mushidi II (ruled 1965-1971) ==Mwaant Yaav under Zaire==

• Muteb II Mushid cont. (ruled 1971-27 November 1973) • Mbumb II Muteb, brother of Muteb II (ruled 1973-1984) • Kawel II, brother of Mbumb II (ruled 1984-1997) ==Mwaant Yaav under Democratic Republic of the Congo==

• Kawel II cont. (ruled 1997-27 January 2005) • Mushid III, brother of Kawel II (ruled 2005-) ==See also==

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