Gagoangwe
Sign in to saveGagoangwe (c. 1845 – 1924) was the Acting (Regent) King, the Queen Mother or Mohumagadi of the Mmanaana Kgatla and BaNgwaketse in what is now Botswana. Gagoangwe was a member of the Kwena family, a devout Christian, and regent for her grandson, Bathoen II.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Botswana
- Father
- Sechele I
- Occupation
- regent
- Languages spoken
- Tswana
- Religion
- Christianity
- Field of work
- monarch
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- date of death
- 1924-00-00
- date of birth
- 1845-00-00
- start of work period
- 1923-00-00
- end of work period
- 1924-00-00
- replaced by
- Ntebogang Ratshosa
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Gagoangwe (c. 1845 – 1924) was the Acting (Regent) King, the Queen Mother or Mohumagadi of the Mmanaana Kgatla and BaNgwaketse in what is now Botswana. Gagoangwe was a member of the Kwena family, a devout Christian, and regent for her grandson, Bathoen II.
== Early life == Gagoangwe was the daughter of Sechele I, kgosi or king of the BaKwena. Sechele I was converted to Christianity during the late 1840s through the work of David Livingstone; converting the entire BaKwena tribe, including Gagoangwe. When she was young, she gouged out the eye of a servant. Her father allowed the servant to put out one of her eyes in return, in accordance to the biblical Old Testament principle "an eye for an eye". Thereafter, she was known as the "one-eyed Queen".
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