Xolilizwe Sigcawu

Names
	King Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu

King Xolilizwe Sigcawu
King Xolilizwe Sigcawu
King of AmaXhosa Nation
Reign	10 April 1965 – 31 December 2005
Coronation	1965
Predecessor	King Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu
Successor	King Zwelonke Sigcawu
Born	6 June 1926; Willowvale, Eastern Cape
Died	31 December 2005 (aged 79); Pretoria, Gauteng
Names
Names
	King Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu
House	House of Phalo
Father	King Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu

King Xolilizwe KaZwelidumile (Mzikayise Sigcawu; 6 June 1926 – 31 December 2005) was the King of the Xhosa people^[1] from 10 April 1965 to 31 December 2005. King Xolilizwe was an active member of the National House of Traditional Leaders of South Africa. He was the oldest son of King Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu.

Marriages and children

King Xolilizwe married five wives who produced five sons and six daughters.

1) Queen Nogaweni

2) Queen Nolusapho

3) Queen Nozamile of Iqadi

4) Queen Nolitha of Ixhiba (died 1988
5) Queen Nondwe (née Princess Seziwe Ndamase married July 1979)

King Xolilizwe died on the 31 December 2005 at No 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria and was buried on the 14 January 2006 at the Nqadu Great Palace near Willowvale, Eastern Cape with state funeral and royal funeral and his funeral was attended by highly profiled politicians Premier of the Eastern Cape Nosimo Balindlela, General Bantu Holomisa and others, royal houses of abaThembu, amaMpondo, amaNdebele and other royal houses and guests including President Thabo Mbeki who made eulogy of Xolilizwe and amaRharhabe King Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile who presided at the funeral.

He was succeeded by Zwelonke Sigcawu, the older son of the Iqadi house (3rd Queen).^{[citation needed]}

Regnal titles
Preceded by Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu	King of the Xhosa Kingdom 1965–2005	Succeeded by Zwelonke Sigcawu

^ "World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Royal Tête-À-Tête?". The New York Times. Reuters. 22 September 2001. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

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