Daudi Chwa II of Buganda
| Ssekabaka Daudi Chwa II | |
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| Kabaka of Buganda | |
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| Reign | 1897–1939 |
| Coronation | 1897 |
| Predecessor | Mwanga II of Buganda |
| Successor | Muteesa II of Buganda |
| Born | 8 August 1896 Mengo, Uganda |
| Died | 22 November 1939 (aged 43) Salaama, Uganda |
| Burial | Kasubi Nabulagala |
| House | Abalasangeye dynasty |
| Father | Mwanga II of Buganda |
| Mother | Abakyala Evalini Kulabako |
Daudi Chwa II KCMG KBE was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1897 until 1939. He was the 34th Kabaka of Buganda.
He was born on 8 August 1896, at Mengo. He was the fifth son of Kabaka Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa, Kabaka of Buganda, between 1884 and 1888 and between 1889 and 1897. His mother was Abakyala Evalini Kulabako, of the Ngabi Clan, the fourth of his father's sixteen wives. He ascended to the throne in August 1897 following the deposition of his father by British Forces. At the time of his coronation, he was only one year old. He maintained his capital at Mengo Hill. He was educated at Kings College Budo.
He is recorded to have fathered 36 children; 20 sons and 16 daughters:
A detailed list of the children of Daudi Chwa II can be found at the pages of this reference: Some of the more notable of those children are:
He died at his palace at Salaama, a suburb of Kampala, on 22 November 1939 at the age of 43 years. He was buried at Kasubi Nabulagala, the third Kabaka to be buried there.
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