Masalanabo Modjadji

This article is about the 2nd Rain Queen. For the 7th Rain Queen with same name, see Masalanabo Modjadji VII.

Masalanabo Modjadji II
Rain Queen of Balobedu
Reign1854–1894
Coronation1854
PredecessorMaselekwane Modjadji
SuccessorKhesethwane
Born1814 (1814)
Bolobedu Kingdom Limpopo, South Africa
Died1894 (aged 79–80)
Limpopo, South Africa
Great WifePrincess Leakhali Modjadji
HouseModjadji
MotherMaselekwane Modjadji

Masalanabo Modjadji II (died 1894) was the second Rain Queen of the South African Balobedu people. Masalanabo committed ritual suicide in 1894, after having named Leakhali as her successor.

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