Ingwenyama Ndvungunye was born in about 1760 as a son of
Ngwane III and Inkhosikati
Lomvula Mndzebele. He succeeded his father Ngwane in 1780. When Ndvungunye became king, the centre of royal power in Swaziland was located in the south of the country in present-day NShiselweni. As a result, Ndvungunye had his royal kraal at Shiselweni at the foothills of the eMhlosheni mountains. The governors of his royal kraal were Mahagane Hlophe, and Lahaha Mbokane a son of Chief Sukumbili Mbokane. The Ndlovukati's residence and royal kraal was at Lobamba and the governor there was Danisile Nkambule. During his kingship, the most powerful chiefdoms in the region were the Ndwandwe and Mtetwa. Ndvungunye oversaw limited expansion and consolidation of the Ngwane people. The Swazi/Ngwane settlements in Shiselweni gained more wealth and military power in the form of cattle and population growth. However the Shiselweni settlements were vulnerable to attacks by the rival Ndwandwe clans who were residing south, near the Phongola river. These were to be seen later under the kingship of his son
Sobhuza I.
Family and successors Ndvungunye had several wives and many children. The most famous of his children was Sobhuza I who he had with Somnjalose Simelane. The incomplete list of Ndvungunye's children is as follows: •
Ngwenyama Somhlolo (
Sobhuza I, Ngwane IV ) • Prince Malunge • Prince Magwegwe • Prince Ngwekati • Prince Phungodze • Prince Sobandla • Prince Sobhiyoze • Prince Sobokazane • Prince Ndlovu • Prince Ngcayini • Prince Fetshane • Prince Cebisa • Prince Mphondvo • Prince Taba • Prince Luhlavane ==Legacy==