The Xhosa are a nation from southern Africa. Xhosa, the one after whom the Xhosa people are named, fathered Malangana. AmaCirha being the rightful Xhosa kingdom. The Xhosa kingship separated when the line got to Phalo because of what happened when he married.

Ama-Xhosa-Kingdom

• King Mithionke
• King Mabhudu KaMithionke,
• King Xolangana KaMabhudu, (Ahh! Xhosa!)
• King Malangana KaXolangana, (Ahh! Hlamana!)
• King Bhabhana KaMalangana, (Ahh! Shlangene!)
• King Dlakaza KaBhabhana,
• King Khubambe KaDlakaza, (Ahh! Zehlendaba!)
• King Mhlamawele KaKhubambe,
• King Xhaphane KaMhlamawele, (Ahh! Phakade!)
• King Hlabangobe KaXhaphane, (Ahh! Bangancingo!)
• King Ngcwangube KaHlabangobe,
• King Nkosiyane KaNgcwangube,
• King Nkosiyamntu KaNkosiyane,
• King Tshawe KaNkosiyamntu,

(Born:1483-Died:1545) [Reigned:1508 Till 1545]

• King Ngcwangu KaTshawe,

(Born:1521-Died:1589) [Reigned:1545 Till 1589]

• King Sikhomo KaNgcwangu,

(Born:1565-Died:1633) [Reigned:1589 Till 1633]

• King Togu KaSikhomo,

(Born:1599-Died:1657) [Reigned:1633 Till 1657]

• King Ngconde KaTogu,

(Born:1634-Died:1681) [Reigned:1657 Till 1681]

• King Tshiwo KaNgconde,

(Born:1657-Died:1702) [Reigned:1681 Till 1702]

• King Phalo KaTshiwo,

(Born:1702-Died:1755) [Reigned:1728 Till 1755]

• Prince Gcaleka KaPhalo & Prince Rharhabe KaPhalo.

It was during King Phalo's rule that the Ama-Xhosa nation officially established a Right-Hand House. When King Phalo had to marry a wife that would produce an heir to the throne, two royal brides (One from Ama-Mpondomise royal family & the other from the Aba-Thembu royal family) arrived on the same day. This caused a dilemma for the Xhosa King as it meant that if he chose either of them, the father of the unpicked bride would be offended.

Xhosa elders and all the known wise men who knew the Xhosa laws & customs across Xhosa land were summoned to Komkhulu (The great place – in the present day town of Butterworth) to solve this problem. It has been said in the Ama-Xhosa oral history that, it was one old man by the name of Majeke who came with a solution to that problem. His solution was: "What is greater than the head of the king, and what is stronger than his right hand? Let the one be the head wife and the other the wife of the right hand". And that way, the problem was solved.

King Phalo produced two known sons: Prince Gcaleka and Prince Rharhabe. Prince Gcaleka would later become the King of Ama-Xhosa Kingdom and Prince Rharhabe would later become the Founder of the Ama-Rharhabe Royal House (Right-hand House). Prior the arrival of the Europeans, the Xhosa territory stretched from Mbhashe River to Gamtoos River in the Southern Cape. The Ama-Gcaleka Royal House had jurisdiction from Mbhashe river to Kei river, and the Ama-Rharhabe Royal House beyond the Kei River and extended beyond the Fish River.

Ama-Gcaleka Kings:[Great (Main) House]

• King Gcaleka KaPhalo,

(Born:1728-Died:1779) [Reigned:1755 Till 1779]

• King Khawuta KaGcaleka, (Ahh! Khala!)

(Born:1761-Died:1804) [Reigned:1779 Till 1804]

• King Hintsa KaKhawuta (The most renowned & respected King in the Xhosa history – Ahh! Zanzolo!),

(Born:1787-Died:1835) [Reigned:1817 Till 1835]

• King Sarhili KaHintsa, (Ahh! Krili!)

(Born:1815-Died:1892) [Reigned:1835 Till 1892]

• King Sigcawu KaSarhili,
• King Salakuphathwa KaSigcawu, (Ahh! Gwebinkumbi!)
• King Mpisekhaya KaSalakuphathwa, (Ahh! Ngangomhlaba!)
• King Bhungeni KaSalakuphathwa, (Ahh! Zwelidumile!)
• King Mzikayise KaBhungeni, (Ahh! Xolilzwe!)

(Born:1926-Died:2005) [Reigned:1965 Till 2005]

• King Mpendulo KaMzikayise, (Ahh! Zwelonke!)

(Born:1968-Died:2019) [Reigned:2005 Till 2019]

• King Ahlangene KaMzikayise (Ahh! Vulikhaya ) [The current-king].

(Born:1970-Alive:Aging) [Reigning:2020 Till Present-Date]

Ama-Rharhabe Kings:[Right-Hand House]

• King Rharhabe KaPhalo,

(Born:1725-Died:1782) [Reigned:1753 Till 1782]

• King Mlawu KaRharhabe,
• King Ngqika KaMlawu, (Ahh! Lwaganda!)
• King Sandile KaNgqika, (Ahh! Mgolombane!)
• King Gonya KaSandile, (Ahh! Sigonyela)
• King Faku KaGonya [Not to be confused with the Ama-Mpondo King],
• King Archie KaFaku, (Ahh! Velile!)
• King Mxolisi KaArchie, (Ahh! Bazindlovu!)
• King Maxhobayakhawuleza KaMxolisi, (Ahh! Zanesizwe!)
• King Jonguxolo KaMaxhobayakhawuleza (Ahh! Vululwandle!) [The current-king] .

Ama-Xhosa-Royal-bloodLine