# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kigeli-iv-of-rwanda
# Generated: 2026-08-16T00:43:18.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kigeli-iv-of-rwanda"
name: "Kigeli IV of Rwanda"
slug: "kigeli-iv-of-rwanda"
description: "Kigeli IV Rwabugiri was the king (mwami) of the Kingdom of Rwanda in the mid-nineteenth century. He was among the last Nyiginya kings in a ruling dynasty that had traced its lineage back to Gihanga, who is one of the first 'historical' kings of Rwanda whose exploits are celebrated in oral chronicles. He was a Tutsi with the birth name Sezisoni Rwabugiri. He was the first king in Rwanda's history to come into contact with Europeans. He established an army equipped with guns he obtained from Germans and prohibited most foreigners, especially Arabs, from entering his kingdom."
tagline: "Rwandan Mwami"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mwami_Kigeri_IV_Rwabugiri.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1840"
deathDate: "1895"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.773401333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeli_IV_Rwabugiri"
    title: "Kigeli IV Rwabugiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeli_IV_saking_Rwanda"
    title: "Kigeli IV saking Rwanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeli_IV_de_Ruanda"
    title: "Kigeli IV de Ruanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeri_IV."
    title: "Kigeri IV."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeli_IV_Rwabugiri"
    title: "Kigeli IV Rwabugiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeli_IV_de_Ruanda"
    title: "Kigeli IV de Ruanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeli_IV"
    title: "Kigeli IV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeli_IV_dari_Rwanda"
    title: "Kigeli IV dari Rwanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigeri_IV"
    title: "Kigeri IV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8_IV"
    title: "Кигели IV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327452"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump