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Mutara III Rudahigwa was born on 19 March, 0011 in Cyangugu, Kingdom of Rwanda, German East Africa, is a King of Rwanda between 1931 and 1959. Discover Mutara III Rudahigwa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

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Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 19 March 0011
Birthday 19 March
Birthplace Cyangugu, Kingdom of Rwanda, German East Africa
Date of death 25 July, 1959
Died Place Usumbura, Ruanda-Urundi
Nationality Rwanda

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Who Is Mutara III Rudahigwa's Wife?

His wife is Nyiramakomali (m. 1933-1941) Rosalie Gicanda (m. 1942)

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1911

Rudahigwa was born in March 1911, in the royal capital of Rwanda, Nyanza, to King Yuhi V Musinga, and Queen Kankazi (later Queen Mother Radegonde Nyiramavugo III Kankazi), the first of his eleven wives.

He was a member of the Tutsi Abanyiginya clan.

1919

In 1919 he began his education at the Colonial School for Chiefs' Sons in Nyanza, subsequently becoming his father's secretary in 1924.

1929

In January 1929 he was appointed a chief and administered a province.

Rudahigwa had been secretly instructed in Christianity by Léon Classe, the head of the Rwandan Catholic Church, since 1929, and was groomed by the Belgians to replace his father.

1931

Rudahigwa became king on 16 November 1931, the Belgian colonial administration having deposed his father, Yuhi V Musinga, four days earlier for alleged contact with German agents.

Rudahigwa took the royal name Mutara, becoming Mutara III Rudahigwa.

He is sometimes referred to as Charles Mutara III Rudahigwa.

1933

Mutara married Nyiramakomali on 15 October 1933 and they divorced in 1941.

1935

In 1935, the Belgian administration issued identity cards formalising the ethnic categories, Tutsi, Hutu and Twa.

After World War II, a Hutu emancipation movement began to grow throughout Ruanda-Urundi, fueled by increasing resentment of the inter-war social reforms, and also an increasing sympathy for the Hutu within the Catholic Church.

1941

His reign coincided with the worst recorded period of famine in Rwanda between 1941 and 1945, which included the Ruzagayura famine (1944 - 1945), during which time 200,000 out of the nation's population of around two million perished.

During Rudahigwa's reign there was a marked stratification of ethnic identity within Ruanda-Urundi, the Belgian-ruled mandate of which Rwanda formed the northern part.

1942

He married Rosalie Gicanda, a Christian, in a church wedding on 13 January 1942.

After Rudahigwa's death, Rosalie Gicanda remained in Rwanda.

1943

He was the first Rwandan king to convert to Catholicism, converting in 1943 and taking the Christian name Charles Léon Pierre.

His father had refused to convert to Christianity, and the Rwandan Catholic Church eventually perceived him as anti-Christian and as an impediment to their civilising mission.

1946

In 1946 he dedicated the country to Christ, effectively making Christianity a state religion.

His conversion spearheaded a wave of baptisms in the protectorate.

1953

In 1953 the American writer John Gunther interviewed the Mwami in preparation for his book Inside Africa.

1954

Although in 1954, Rudhahigwa abolished the ubuhake system of indentured service that exploited Hutus, this had little real practical effect.

1956

The monarchy and prominent Tutsi sensed the growing influence of the Hutu and began to agitate for immediate independence on their own terms, culminating in Rudahigwa's demand for independence from Belgium in 1956.

1957

In 1957, a group of Hutu scholars wrote the "Bahutu Manifesto".

This political manifesto denounced the "exploitation" of the Hutus by the ethnic Tutsi and called for their liberation from first Tutsi, and then Belgian, rule.

Hutu political parties quickly formed after that, with future-president Gregoire Kayibanda forming the Hutu Social Movement (soon renamed MDR-PARMEHUTU), and Joseph Gitera creating Association for Social Promotion of the Masses (APROSOMA).

1959

Mutara III Rudahigwa (March 1911 – 25 July 1959) was King (umwami) of Rwanda between 1931 and 1959.

He was the first Rwandan king to be baptised, and Roman Catholicism took hold in Rwanda during his reign.

His Christian names were Charles Léon Pierre, and he is sometimes referred to as Charles Mutara III Rudahigwa.

On 24 July 1959, Rudahigwa arrived in Usumbura (now Bujumbura), Urundi, for a meeting with Belgian colonial authorities arranged by Father André Perraudin.

The following day, he visited his Belgian doctor at the colonial hospital, where he died.

The Belgian authorities put out conflicting explanations for his death.

One was that he complained of a severe headache and had been treated by his doctor, but collapsed as he left the hospital of what was later determined, by three doctors, to be a cerebral haemorrhage.

Another Belgian explanation was that he died from a reaction to a penicillin shot.

An autopsy was not carried out due to the objections of Queen Mother Kankazi.

Rumours that he had been deliberately killed by the Belgian authorities were rife, and tensions rose: ordinary Rwandans gathered along routes and stoned Europeans' cars.

Rumours that he was in poor health, suffering from the effects of excessive drinking, as well as the effects of untreated syphilis, are claims unverified by any evidence.

A Twa attendant of the king said he was in great health at the time, which is supported by his active engagement in sporting activities then, including vigorous games of tennis.

Rudahigwa was succeeded by his half-brother, Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa, as Kigeli V.

1994

She was murdered in 1994 during the 1994 genocide against the tutsi on the orders of Idelphonse Nizeyimana.

He was later detained, convicted by a UN war crimes court, and sentenced to life imprisonment.