caption father predecessor successor mother death_date death_place title birth_date coronation spouse issue image article_title name reign
an angas 1849 portrait of king mpande by george french senzangakhona kajama dingane cetshwayo songiya kangotsha hlabisa 1872 zululand king of zulu kingdom 1798 1840 several -rrb- wives -lrb- including ngqumbazi , monase , nomantshali cetshwayo , dabulamanzi kampande , mbuyazi and many others king-mpande-1 . gif mpande kasenzangakhona
 mpande kasenzangakhona 1840-1872
mpande kasenzangakhona

mpande -lrb- 1798 -- 1872 -rrb- , was monarch of the zulu kingdom from 1840 to 1872 , making him the longest reigning zulu king .
he was a half-brother of shaka and dingane , who both preceded him as kings of the zulu .
he came to power after overthrowing dingane in 1840 .
though his reign was lengthy , for the latter part of his reign he was king in name only .
his son cetshwayo became `` de facto '' ruler in 1856 .
mpande himself claimed that he preferred a quiet life and had only become king because he was forced into it .
