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Moshoeshoe I

1786 - 1870

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Moshoeshoe I () (c. 1786 – 11 March 1870) was the first king of Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, a branch of the Koena (crocodile) clan. In his youth, he helped his father gain power over some other smaller clans. In 1820, at the age of 34, Moshoeshoe succeeded his father as the Bamokoteli chief and formed his own clan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moshoeshoe I is the 13,107th most popular politician (up from 13,622nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Lesotho (down from 4th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mosotho Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Moshoeshoe I ranks 13,107 out of 19,576. Before him are Pierre de Decker, Claudia Marcella Minor, John of Nikiû, Terence O'Neill, Ioannis Grivas, and Wilhelm Solf. After him are Winthrop Rockefeller, Roger Sherman, Imyremeshaw, Ashur-bel-kala, David A. Granger, and August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Moshoeshoe I ranks 44. Before him are Sergey Uvarov, Alexander Chavchavadze, José María Vargas, Carl Friedrich von Ledebour, Sunthorn Phu, and Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov. After him are Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Pavel Schilling, Louis Vicat, Thomas Nuttall, Andreas Metaxas, and Gregor MacGregor. Among people deceased in 1870, Moshoeshoe I ranks 46. Before him are Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, James Young Simpson, Imre Frivaldszky, Princess Amalie of Saxony, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, and Mykhailo Verbytskyi. After him are Franz Josef Ruprecht, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Carlos Soublette, Auguste Duméril, Christian Albrecht Jensen, and Carl August von Steinheil.

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In Lesotho

Among people born in Lesotho, Moshoeshoe I ranks 5 out of 14. Before him are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), Pakalitha Mosisili (1945), and Tom Thabane (1939). After him are Olive Schreiner (1855), Leabua Jonathan (1914), Sebastian Koto Khoarai (1929), Justin Lekhanya (1938), Sam Matekane (1958), 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso (1976), and Moeketsi Majoro (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lesotho

Among politicians born in Lesotho, Moshoeshoe I ranks 5. Before him are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), Pakalitha Mosisili (1945), and Tom Thabane (1939). After him are Leabua Jonathan (1914), Justin Lekhanya (1938), Sam Matekane (1958), Moeketsi Majoro (1961), and Ntsu Mokhehle (1918).

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