Edward Mutesa II
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Mutesa II (second from right) at the signing of an agreement in Kabarole, Toro, Uganda between the Omukama of Toro and the British governor of Uganda, Sir Frederick Crawford, late 1950s.
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| Kabaka of Buganda | |||||
| Reign | 22 November 1939 – 21 November 1969 | ||||
| coronation | 19 November 1942 (at Buddo) | ||||
| Predecessor | Daudi Cwa II of Buganda | ||||
| Successor | Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda | ||||
| 1st President of Uganda | |||||
| Term | 9 October 1963 – 2 March 1966 (Deposed) | ||||
| Predecessor |
Elizabeth II as Queen of Uganda |
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| Successor | Milton Obote | ||||
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19 November 1924 Makindye, Uganda |
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| Died | 21 November 1969 (aged 45) Rotherhithe, London, United Kingdom |
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| Burial | Kasubi Nabulagala | ||||
| Consort | 1. Naabakyaala Damali Catherine Nnakawombe, the Naabagereka 2. Lady Edith Kasozi 3. Omubiitokati Beatrice Kabasweka 4. Lady Kate Ndagire 5. Naabakyaala Sarah Nalule 6. Muzaana Nalwooga 7. Lady Nesta M. Rugumayo 8. Lady Kaakako Rwanchwende 9. Lady Winifred Keihangwe 10. Lady Zibiah Wangari Ngatho 11. Lady Catherine Karungu 12. Lady Naome Nanyonga 13. Lady Margaret Nakato |
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| Issue | 12 sons and 9 daughters | ||||
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| House | Abalasangeye dynasty | ||||
| Father | Daudi Cwa II of Buganda | ||||
| Mother | Abakyala Irene Drusilla Namaganda | ||||
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| Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Muteesa II |
Major General Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Muteesa II KBE (19 November 1924 – 21 November 1969), was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 22 November 1939 until his death. He was the thirty-fifth Kabaka of Buganda and the first President of Uganda. The foreign press often referred to him as King Freddie, a name rarely used in Uganda.
Mutesa was born at the house of Albert Ruskin Cook in Makindye, Kampala, on 19 November 1924, the fifth son of Daudi Cwa II of Buganda KCMG KBE, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1897 and 1939. His mother was Lady Irene Drusilla Namaganda, of the Nte clan. He was educated at King's College Budo, a prestigious school in Uganda.
Upon the death of his father on 22 November 1939, he was proclaimed Kabaka at the age of fifteen and was installed outside the Lubiri at Mengo on 26 November 1939. He reigned under a Council of Regents until he came of age and assumed full powers.
He attended King's College Budo before he went to England to complete his education at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he joined the University Officer Training Corps and was subsequently commissioned as a captain in the Grenadier Guards.
Mutesa was crowned at Buddo on 19 November 1942, his eighteenth birthday. At that time Buganda was still part of the British protectorate of Uganda.
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