native_lang_name death_date death_place predecessor successor burial_place title name article_title native_lang reign
yuhi musinga 13 january 1944 kilembwe , belgian congo mibambwe iv of rwanda mutara iii of rwanda lat long inline , title -- > king of rwanda yuhi v of rwanda yuhi v of rwanda
 kinyarwanda 1896 -- 1931
yuhi v of rwanda

yuhi musinga -lrb- yuhi v of rwanda -rrb- , king of rwanda , came to power in 1896 and collaborated with the german government to strengthen his own kingship .
in 1931 he was deposed by the belgian administration because of his inability to work with subordinate chiefs and his refusal to be baptized a roman catholic .
his eldest son , mutara iii of rwanda , succeeded him .
musinga acceded to power as a young teenager , in a palace coup which overturned the short reign of rutarindwa , the original successor to the powerful king kigeri rwabugiri -lrb- 1863 -- 95 -rrb- of rwanda .
over his reign musinga struggled with three major issues .
the first was the question of legitimacy .
the overthrow of rutarindwa was organized by members of the bega clan , including kanjogera , widow of rwabugiri and musinga 's mother .
such an accession to power brought into question the legitimacy of musinga 's claims to kingship , claims normally defined by clear ritual protocol .
the second concerned the relation of the royal court to the separate regions of the country , as following rwabugiri 's death many areas occupied by his armies broke away , diminishing the domain of the kingdom .
third , musinga 's accession was quickly followed by the arrival of german forces in the area , along with a powerful missionary order , the `` missionnaires d'afrique '' -lrb- the `` white fathers '' -rrb- , creating a colonial context that marked musinga 's reign -lrb- 1896 -- 1931 -rrb- .
during musinga 's reign german power was used to reassert royal authority over many autonomous areas , while the court delegates served as colonial administrators , especially under belgian rule after world war i .
the missionaries were also used to try to extend court legitimacy .
however , such policies of collaboration with european actors created strong cleavages at the royal court of musinga , as political factions competed for power and aligned themselves variously with outside actors and local allies .
four factors in particular marked musinga 's reign : world war i , and the replacement of german rule by belgian rule ; the expansion of the royal power to areas autonomous of the court ; the presence of many powerful competing factions at the court ; and a major famine in 1928 -- 29 .
in november 1931 musinga was deposed by the belgian administration and replaced by his son mutara rudahigwa -lrb- r. 1931 -- 59 -rrb- .
exiled first to kamembe , in southwest rwanda , and then to kilembwe , in southeastern congo , musinga died on 13 january 1944 .
