Battle of Mbwila

Battle of Mbwila
Part of the Portuguese colonisation of Africa

A map of the Kingdom of Kongo, as of 1711.
Date29 October 1665[1]
Location
Mbwila (modern Angola)
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Kongo  Portugal
Commanders and leaders
King António I of Kongo 
Aqualtune  (POW)
Captain Luís Lopes de Sequeira
Strength
21,900–29,000 14,150–14,500
2 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
5,000 men killed or captured including the King, his two sons, his two nephews, four governors, various court officials, 95 title holders and 400 other nobles Unknown

Battle of Mbwila (also the Battle of Ambuila, Battle of Mbuila, or Battle of Ulanga) occurred on 29 October 1665 in which Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo[2] and decapitated king António I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.

  1. ^ Hastings, Adrian (1994). The Church in Africa, 1450–1950. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-19-826399-6.
  2. ^ Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (1975). Chronology of World History: A Calendar of Principal Events from 3000 BC to AD 1973. London: Collings. p. 1744. ISBN 0-901720-67-4.

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