Letsie I.

Letsie I. [ leˈt͡siɪ ] (* 1811 ; † November 20, 1891 ; born as Mohato ; also Letsie Moshoeshoe ) was head ( Sesotho morena e moholo , English Paramount Chief ) of the Basotho people in Basutoland , now Lesotho , from 1870 to 1891 .

Life

Mohato was the firstborn son of morena e moholo Moshoeshoe I , the founder of the Basotho nation, and his chief wife 'Mamohato. Since his initiation he called himself Letsie. At his father's request, he and his brother Molapo attended the first Christian school in the Basotho area in Morija , but remained indifferent to Christianity. During his father's reign he occasionally gathered barena who held oppositional views. During the Seqiti War , he tried, against his father's wishes, to conclude a peace treaty with the Boers of the Orange Free State . Moshoeshoe managed to get Letsie's first-born daughter Senate to marry Molapo's son Josefa so that their first son after Letsie could take over the line of succession - but the plan failed. Moshoeshoe abdicated on January 18, 1870 and handed over his office to Letsie. Moshoeshoe died on March 11, 1870. While Letsie's brother Masopha received the Thaba Bosiu fortress as his seat, Letsie established his seat in Matsieng . In 1871 Basutoland became part of the Cape Colony . Under Letsies I rule, the Gun War broke out, as a result of which Basutoland came under direct British administration again. Unlike his son Lerotholi, Letsie was on the side of the Cape Colony. Letsie I. died in 1891; Lerotholi followed him as morena e moholo.

aftermath

His grandson called himself morena e moholo Letsie II. Since then, the addition "I" has been used for his grandfather. Letsie III. has been King of Lesotho since 1990 with one interruption.

literature

Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , pp. 181-182.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weis fields Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 181.
^ Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 285.

personal data
SURNAME	Letsie I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Head of the Basotho
DATE OF BIRTH	1811
DATE OF DEATH	November 20, 1891

[scott181-1] Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weis fields Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 181.

[2] Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 285.