Mangobe Tembe

Mangobe Tembe
King of the Tembe
Reignc.1746-1750s or 1760s
PredecessorMadomadoma (Nkalanki) (disputed)
Successor
Died1750s or 1760s
Burial
SpouseMitshandlwane
Issue
HouseTembe
FatherKing Silamboya
ReligionTraditional African religion

Mangobe Tembe was an 18th-century king of the Tembe people. He was the father of King Nkupo II and King Mabudu Tembe.

His reign marked the political and military peak of the Tembe Kingdom, which extended from the Indian Ocean to the Lebombo Mountains and southward into present-day KwaZulu Natal, the historic Maputaland-Lubombo region, and Mangobe is regarded by historians as the last king to rule over a united Tembe kingdom in the region before its fragmentation into wrangling royal factions after his death.