King Ncapayi
King of AmaBhaca Kingdom
About King Ncapayi
Lived 1804 – 1846 (aged 41–42).
Ncapayi (also spelt as Ncapai or Ncaphayi) was the king of the Bhaca people between 1834 until his death in 1846. He was the second son from the first wife of King Madzikane, the firstborn being Sonyangwe his elder brother. He resided at his father's royal residence in Mpoza facing the Mganu mountains and also built another residence in the nearby Lutateni. While trying to attack the Mpondo people due to the Maitland treaty he fell off the cliff and died in a place called Nowalala near Ntabankulu in March 1844. Faku ordered he must be killed to save him from pain and agony he had suffered as for days he had plunged beneath the cliff.
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Who was King Ncapayi?
king of AmaBhaca Kingdom
When was King Ncapayi born?
King Ncapayi was born in 1804.
When did King Ncapayi die?
King Ncapayi died in 1846.
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