Home›Monarchs and Rulers›African Monarchs and Rulers›All African Monarchs and RulersBrowse ByAll African Monarchs and RulersMonarchs and rulers of African kingdoms and empires across the whole continent and more than three thousand years, from the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and the Kushite and Nubian kings who twice ruled Egypt in turn, through the medieval West African empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai and their rulers such as Mansa Musa and Askia Muhammad I, the kingdoms of the Horn of Africa including Ethiopia's Solomonic dynasty and the earlier Aksumite kings, the Central African Kanem-Bornu and Kongo kingdoms, the Ambundu kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba under Queen Nzinga, the Hausa city states, the Merina kingdom of Madagascar, and the Mamluk sultans of Egypt. A ruler qualifies by an African kingdom, empire or city state as the seat of their own reign; Egypt's rulers are placed here by the continent their realm occupies rather than in the separate Middle Eastern and Islamic World Rulers group, matching how this atlas already treats ancient and medieval Egyptian history as African.FactsAll African Monarchs and RulersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested3150 BCE 1All African Monarchs and RulersFilter Results36 entriesRoleAllEmperor of Ethiopia, 1930 to 1974 (1)Ruler of the Songhai Empire, reigned 1464 to 1492 (1)EraAllClassical Antiquity (1)The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age World (1)The Contemporary Period (1)The Early Modern Period (5)The Late Modern Period (10)The Mali and Songhai Imperial Period (3)The Post-Classical and Medieval Period (7)Lived Era (Birth to Death)All-1303 to -1213 (1)-1370 to -1330 (1)-1505 to -1458 (1)-69 to -30 (1)1162 to 1221 (1)1217 to 1255 (1)1223 to 1277 (1)1280 to 1337 (1)1443 to 1538 (1)1456 to 1543 (1)1533 to 1610 (1)1778 to 1861 (1)1793 to 1828 (1)1818 to 1868 (1)1837 to 1889 (1)1892 to 1975 (1)1921 to 1996 (1)BirthplaceAllAlexandria, Egypt (1)Avaris, in the Eastern Nile Delta (1)Dasht-i Kipchak, the Qipchaq steppe north of the Black Sea (1)Ejersa Goro, Hararghe, Ethiopia (1)Not recorded by any surviving primary source (1)Qwara, west of Gondar, Ethiopia (1)Roha (later renamed Lalibela), Lasta, Ethiopia (1)Zazzau (now Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria) (1)RuledAllCentral African Republic (1)Ethiopian Empire (1)Kingdom of Dahomey (1)Kingdom of Kush (2)Kingdom of Ndongo and Matamba (1)The Songhai Empire (2)GenderAllFemale (14)Male (22)BrowseCompareSelect all 36Alfonso I of KongoMonarchs and RulersAmanirenasMonarchs and RulersAmanishakhetoMonarchs and RulersAminaMonarchs and RulersAskia Muhammad IMonarchs and RulersBaibarsMonarchs and RulersBehanzinMonarchs and RulersCleopatra VIIMonarchs and RulersGleleMonarchs and RulersHaile SelassieMonarchs and RulersHatshepsutMonarchs and RulersIdris AloomaMonarchs and RulersJean-Bédel BokassaMonarchs and RulersLalibelaMonarchs and RulersMansa MusaMonarchs and RulersMenelik IMonarchs and RulersMenelik IIMonarchs and RulersNefertitiMonarchs and RulersNzinga MbandeMonarchs and RulersNzinga of Ndongo and MatambaMonarchs and RulersPiyeMonarchs and RulersQueen Amina of ZazzauMonarchs and RulersRadama IMonarchs and RulersRamesses IIMonarchs and RulersRanavalona IMonarchs and RulersRanavalona I of MadagascarMonarchs and RulersRanavalona II of MadagascarMonarchs and RulersRanavalona III of MadagascarMonarchs and RulersShajar al-DurrMonarchs and RulersSulayman of MaliMonarchs and RulersSundiata KeitaMonarchs and RulersSunni AliMonarchs and RulersTaharqaMonarchs and RulersTewodros IIMonarchs and RulersYekuno AmlakMonarchs and RulersYohannes IVMonarchs and RulersSources1. Wikipedia: Pharaohtier 2WikipediaPharaoh, lead section, dynastic range sentenceQuote, Pharaoh, lead section, dynastic range sentencescholars today use it for all the rulers of Egypt from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BCE) until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.