1796 - 1852 Ntare IV Rutaganzwa Rugamba, Mwami of Burundi. b. at Mugera, only surviving son of Mwambutsa I Mbariza, Mwami of Burundi. Proclaimed on the death of his father, 1796. m. (first) Queen Inamiringa, of the Mwenengwe clan. m. (second) Mwamikazi Nziramibango, of the Mwenengwe clan. m. (third) Mwamikazi Inabazi, of the Munyakarama clan. m. (fourth) Mwamikazi Zuba, of the Munyakarama clan. m. (fifth) Mwamikazi Inamiringa [Nyamirira]. m. (sixth) Mwamikazi Ndinimbaga. m. (seventh) Mwamikazi Mucurira. m. (eighth) Mwamikazi Kakura,of the Munyakarama clan. m. (ninth) Mwamikazi Mpongano. m. (tenth?) Princess Nyamvura. m. (eleventh) Mwamikazi Vyano, daughter of Ndabazi of the Mwenengwe clan. m. (twelfth) Dukamisha (d.s.p.), sister of Ndabazi of the Mwenengwe clan. m. (thirteenth?) Inavano. m. (fourteenth) Gikore, daughter of Ruhaga, King of Buha. m. (fifteenth) Gikore, another daughter of Ruhaga, Mwami of Buha. He d. at Mugera, 1852 (bur. Buruhukiro), having had issue, twenty children:
1) Umuganwa ntare Ndivyariye (s/o Inamiringa). Regent for his younger brother, Mwami Mwezi IV Gisabo, 1852-1860. m. (first) a daughter of Ndabazi. m. (second) another daughter of Ndabazi. He was k. by Mwezi, 1860, having had issue, nine sons:
a) Umuganwa ntare Vyandakafi. He had issue, three sons:
i) Umuganwa ntare Baradunduye. He had issue, two sons:
(1) Umuganwa ntare Sefumbe. He had issue, a son:
(a) Umuganwa ntare Fyiroko.
(2) Umuganwa ntare Birami.
ii) Umuganwa ntare Biehukuru. He had issue, two sons:
(1) Umuganwa ntare Bikino.
(2) Umuganwa ntare Mbongo.
iii) Umuganwa ntare Banyaga. He had issue, three sons:
b) Umuganwa ntare Ninasango [Nasango] Bihonzi. Chief of Butera. He was k. in battle, ca. 1880, having had issue, six sons:
i) Umuganwa ntare Kanugunu. He was k. 1905, having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
(1) Umuganwa ntare Mbanzabugabo. Chief of Busumanyi, Mbr. Regency Cncl. 1922-1930. He d. 16th July 1930, having had issue, by twelve wives, ten sons and seventeen daughters (and another seventeen children who died young):
(a) H.E. Umuganwa ntare André Muhirwa. b. at Murete, 1920, educ. Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida, Butare, Rwanda. Exiled in Tanganyika 1930-1931, Chief of Buhumuza 1944-1961, Bweru 1951-1953, and Busumanyi 1953-1960, Minister for the Interior and Information 1961, Community Affairs and the Interior 1961-1963, Prime Minister 1961-1963, Minister of State and Ambassador 1964-1966. m. (first) ... m. (second) 1952 (div.) H.R.H. Princess (Umuganwakazi) Rose Paula Iribagiza (b. 20th March 1934), eldest daughter of H.M. Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge, Mwami of Burundi, by his first wife, Thérèse Kanyonga, daughter of Menyo, of the Abasine clan. m. (third) Umuganwakazi ntare Benedicte Mukamudari, youngest daughter of Umuganwa ntare Balthazar Bacinoni. He had issue, six sons and three daughters:
(i) Umuganwa ntare Dr Grégoire Muhirwa (s/o the first wife). Biologist. m. Beatrice Manirambona.
(ii) Umuganwa ntare Rémy Muhirwa (s/o Princess Rose). m. (first) (div.) Pascale Hody. m. (second) Michèle Ingabire Gateretse. He had issue, two sons:
1. Umuganwa ntare Tenzin Muhirwa. b. 19th February 2003.
2. Umuganwa ntare Rama Muhirwa. b. 24th February 2004.
(iii) Umuganwa ntare Charles Muhirwa (s/o Princess Rose).
(v) Umuganwa ntare Olivier Muhirwa. b. at Bujumbura, 1970 (s/o Benedicte). m. Diane Kamariza.
(vi) Umuganwa ntare Eddy Muhirwa. b. at Bujumbura, 21st November 1971 (s/o Benedicte).
(i) Umuganwakazi ntare Christine Muhirwa (d/o the first wife). m. Colonel Albert Shibura, Army Chief of Staff 1966, Minister for Public Works, Transport & Equipment 1968-1969, for the Interior and Public Functions 1969-1971, and for Justice and the Interior 1971-1972, author of "Témoignage", 1993.
(ii) Umuganwakazi ntare Louise Muhirwa. b. at Muhinga, 29th April 1956 (d/o Princess Rose). m. Camille Ngoga.
i) Umuganwa ntare Rugari. He had issue, eight sons:
i) Umuganwa ntare Nzikoruriho. He had issue, a son:
(1) Umuganwa ntare Jiohahaya.
ii) Umuganwa ntare Rutuna.
iii) Umuganwa ntare Sebuhahano. He had issue, a son:
(1) Umuganwa ntare Sindahera.
iv) Umuganwa ntare Ndanibenga.
v) Umuganwa ntare Ndiha.
vi) Umuganwa ntare Sabijeje.
vii) Umuganwa ntare Mukorako.
viii) Umuganwa ntare Ndiruhangura.
a) A daughter.
2) Umuganwa ntare Biroli Sebatwa (s/o Queen Nziramibango). Regent for his younger brother, Mwami Mwezi IV Gisabo, 1852-1860. m. (first) Soni. m. (second) Inabatoni. m. (third) Ndutuya. m. (fourth) Inabasamuya. He had issue, two sons:
a) Umuganwa ntare Mudari. He had issue, eight sons:
i) Umuganwa ntare Sebarinda. He had issue, one son:
(1) Umuganwa ntare Kanugwe. He had issue, one son:
(a) Umuganwa ntare Denis Ugano. Chief of Buragane-Bukurira 1959, Founder Union National de Burundi 1960.
vi) Umuganwa ntare Seruvaga, Chief of Vyanda. Expelled by Sebudandi. He had issue, four sons:
(1) Umuganwa ntare Pierre Baranyanka, Paramount Chief of Ngozi. b. at Vyanda, Bururi Province, 1890, educ. German Sch., Gitega. Installed as Chief of Kayanza, 25th June 1920. Sec. to Richard Kandt, Mbr. Cncl. of Regency 1923-1925, Mbr. Cncl. of the Kingdom 1925, Vice-Presdt. Mouvemente Politique Progressiste (MNAP) 1955, and Founder of the Parti Démocrate Chrétien (PDC) 1960. Rcvd: Officer of the Royal Order of the Lion (8.2.1959), and of the Order of the Star of Africa. He d. at Bujumbura, 1962, having had issue, five sons and seven daughters:
(a) H.E. Umuganwa ntare Jean-Baptiste Ntidendereza. b. at Kayanza, 1930, educ. Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida, Butare, Rwanda. Chief of Bwambarangwe-Busoni 1944-1955, and of Muhinga 1955-1959, Mbr. Conseil Supérieur du Pays 1952, Founder of the Parti Démocrate Chrétien (PDC) 1960, Presdt. Front Commun, Minister for the Interior 1961. He was k. (executed) for his role in the assassination of Crown Prince Louis Rawagasore, at Gitega, 15th January 1963, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
(i) Umuganwa ntare Desire Ntidendereza.
(ii) Umuganwa ntare Robert Ntidendereza.
(iii) Umuganwa ntare Aimée Ntidendereza.
(iv) Umuganwa ntare Beatrice Ntidendereza.
(b) Umuganwa ntare Joseph Sebatwa Biroli. b. at Kayanza, 1932, educ. Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida, Butare, Rwanda; Institut Universitaire des Territoires d'Outre-Mer, Antwerp; Caholic Univ. of Louvain, Univs. of Oxford and Harvard. Employed with Common Market Org. in Brussels, Presdt. Parti Démocrate Chrétien (PDC) 1960-1963, MNA for Kayanza-Kabuye 1961-1963, Mbr. Permanent Cttee. of the Foreign Affairs Cmsn. 1961-1965. He was k. (executed) for his role in the assassination of Crown Prince Louis Rawagasore, at Gitega, 15th January 1963.
(c) Umuganwa ntare Charles Baranyanka. b. at Rabiro, Nigozi, 20th January 1935, educ. Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida, Butare, Rwanda, and Univ. of Liege. Ambassador to Belgium and Perm. Rep. to the EEC 1962-1965, Ambassador to France 1965-1970, and Switzerland 1965-1967, Chef du Cabinet to the Minister for Foreign Affairs 1970-1971, to Minister for Economics 1971. He had issue.
(d) Umuganwa ntare Petrosi Baranyanka. He d. 1955.
(g) Umuganwakazi ntare Marie-Immaculata. m. and had issue.
One of these daughters. m. H.E. Umuganwa mwezi Ildephonse Libakare (b. 1930), sometime Minister for Commerce and the Economy, son of Umuganwa mwezi Mugero - see below.
(2) Umuganwa ntare Balthazar Bacinoni, educ. German Sch., Gitega. m. (first) ... m. (second) Umuganwakazi mwezi Madeleine Yogoyogo, daughter of Umuganwa mwezi Ntarugerijanja [Ntarugera] Serushhanya, sometime Junior Regent. He had issue, one son:
(a) Umuganwa ntare Hubert Gisage (s/o the first wife). Chief of Mushasha South.
(b) Umuganwa ntare Bizimana Bacinoni (s/o the first wife).
(c) Umuganwa ntare Cyprien Ruzatsa (s/o the first wife).
(ii) Umuganwakazi ntare Ancilla. m. 1996, Maurice Pollin.
(iii) Umuganwakazi ntare Marie.
(iv) Umuganwakazi ntare Espérance.
(f) Umuganwa ntare Alois Fyinsi Bacinoni (s/o Madeleine). Settled in Canada. m. (div.) Gertrude Nyamoya (b. 1948), Sec. to the Dir. of WHO in Burundi, sister of François Nyamoya. He had issue, three sons:
(i) Umuganwa ntare Ted Bacinoni.
(ii) Umuganwa ntare Mike Bacinoni. b. 1980.
(iii) Umuganwa ntare Régis Bacinoni.
(a) Umuganwakazi ntare Mucanda (d/o the first wife).
(b) Umuganwakazi ntare Antoinette Nyeniriza (d/o Madeleine). m. (first) Firmin Kahungu. m. (second) Dr René Goffina. She had issue four sons by her first, and one son and one daughter by her second husbands.
(c) Umuganwakazi ntare Benedicte Mukamudari. m. as his third wife, H.E. Chief André Muhirwa, Chief of Busumanyi (b. at Murete, 1920), Prime Minister of 1961-1963, son of Chief Mbanzabugabo, Chief of Busumanyi, a descendant of Mwami Ntare IV Rugamba. She had issue, three sons - see above.
(3) Umuganwa ntare Kabogo. He had issue, four sons and one daughter:
(a) Umuganwa ntare Jean Kigoma. b. at Bururi, 1920, educ. Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida, Butare, Rwanda. Chief of Moso South 1959, Sec. of State for Public Functions 1961.
(4) Umuganwa ntare Mazobe. He had issue, a daughter:
(a) Umuganwakazi ntare Antoine Nahimana. b. 1920. He was k. (executed) for his role in the assassination of Crown Prince Louis Rawagasore, at Gitega, 15th January 1963.
vii) Umuganwa ntare Mseso.
viii) Umuganwa ntare Birasa. He had issue, three sons: