Cetshwayo kaMpande (; ; 1826 – 8 February 1884)<!--full dates in infobox, per MOS--> was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His name has been rendered as Cetywayo or Cetshwayo. Cetshwayo consistently opposed the war and sought fruitlessly to make peace with the British and was defeated and exiled following the Zulu defeat in the war. He was later allowed to return to Zululand, where he died in 1884.
Early life
Cetshwayo was born in 1826, the son of future Zulu king Mpande
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