Muteesa I of Buganda

Mukaabya Mutesa I ( * 1837, † October 19, 1884 ) was from October 1856 until his death, the king ( Kabaka ) of Buganda in Uganda today.

He took the throne of Ssuuna II Under his leadership Buganda reached the peak of his power. At the same time he was the last ruler of Buganda, who still had full power in his own kingdom. During his reign, the influence of European forces in Buganda took too strong. Among the very first Europeans who visited the kingdom, and had an audience with the Kabaka, John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant were 1862. Soon, Catholic and Anglican missionaries came to the country that brought the growing power structures falter. Mutesa was this rather hostile. One of the reasons, in addition to the threat of its influence on your realm, also was the condemnation of polygamy by the missionaries.

After his death in 1882, built by Mutesa on the Kasubi Hill Palace was rededicated to a tomb for him, now called Kasubi Tombs, the tombs of four Kabakas houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Him on the throne was succeeded by his son Mwanga II

• King
• Ruler (East Africa)
• Ugandans
• Born in the 19th century
• Died in 1884
• Man