Talk:Sobhuza II

Longest reign on record?

60 years is long, but List of longest reigning monarchs of all time puts Sobhuza at number 2 spot, after Pepi. However, Pepi's dates are approximations at best, and have been contested by some Egyptologists. Certainly Sobhuza seems to hold the record for precisely dated reigns. How best to make this clear? JackofOz 07:47, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Not to mention while he was officially the king, he was only 5 months when he became king. I think he wasn't acutally ruling for many years. 57.140.16.20 (talk) 15:10, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Title with honourifics

Could somebody who knows them, add his full title, with all honorifics, to the article? jonathon 21:07, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know them in English i know them in SiSwati, i think if you translate them to English they will loose the true meaning and impact that they would have in SiSwati Bobbyshabangu _talk 15:24, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Need Redirect from "Subhuza"

Can someone who knows how to do this add a redirect from the spelling "Subhuza." Evidently some (older?) sources use this spelling.

Thanks

Terry J. Carter (talk) 16:50, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Nah I'm Swati and we've been always calling him Sobhuza Bobbyshabangu _talk 15:29, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

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Number of Sobhuza II's children

I just noticed that in the article, it says "King Sobhuza II married 24 wives, and had over 67 children between 1920 and 1970. About 54 children survived infancy, and ninety-seven sons and daughters are alive as of July 2000. When he died he had over 1000 grandchildren." Those numbers, added by IP 75.130.165.194 in October, don't add up (since he can't have more children alive now than he had in the first place, so I checked the cited source, and put the verifiable numbers back in. –eruditionFISH 15:20, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

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