Office of His Majesty the King of Lesotho

 
 
 
 
 

Reign Start : 1822
Reign End : 18 January 1870

King Moshoeshoe I

Paramount Chief and founder of Lesotho nation. He was born in 1786 at Menkhoaneng, Leribe district to Mokhachane and Kholu of the Mokoteli clan.

Reign Start : 18 January 1870
Reign End : 20 November 1891

King Letsie I

Paramount Chief. He was born in 1811 as the first son of King Moshoeshoe I and Queen ‘Mamohato. As heir to the throne, he became Paramount...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Reign Start : 20 November 1891
Reign End : 19 August 1905

King Lerotholi Letsie

Paramount Chief Lerotholi was born in 1836 in the house of Mohato, later named Letsie I, and ‘Mamotena.

Reign Start : 21 August 1905
Reign End : 28 January 1931

King Letsie II

Paramount Chief known also as Letsienyana, he was named Lekena at birth in 1869 as the eldest son of the second house of Lerotholi

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Reign Start : 11 April 1931
Reign End : July 1939

King Nathaneil Griffith Lerotholi

Paramount Chief Born Fako at birth in 1871 at Likhoele, Mafeteng district. He was the second son of Lerotholi in the house of ‘Maletsabisa.

Reign Start : 03 August 1939
Reign End : 26 December 1940

Simon Seeiso Griffith

Paramount Chief Simon Seeiso Griffith was born in 1904 and reined at the capacity of paramount chief between 1939 to 1940. Hardly a year after the death of his...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Reign Start : 26 December 1940
Reign End : 28 January 1941

Gabasheane Masupha(regent)

Paramount chief Gabasheane was born on the 26th December 1903 and left the world on January 1941.His spouse is the late ‘Mamathe Masupha

Reign Start : 28 January 1941
Reign End : 12 March 1960

Mantsebo Amelia ‘Matsaba(regent)

Paramount Chieftness Mofumahali ‘Mants’ebo was born in 1902 to Chief Sempe Nkuebe. She became the senior wife of Prince Simon Seeiso Griffith through

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Reign Start : 12 March 1960
Reign End : 12 November 1990

King Moshoeshoe II

Paramount Chief and King Moshoeshoe was born Bereng Constantine Seeiso on May 2, 1938 at Thabang in the Mokhotlong district. He was the son of Mofumahali ‘Sekhothali Mabereng Seeiso Griffith

Reign Start : 12 November 1990
Reign End : 25 January 1995

King Letsie III

His Majesty King Letsie III born Mohato Bereng Seeiso is the first son of the late King Moshoeshoe II and the late Queen Mother ‘Mamohato Bereng Seeiso. He was born at Scott Hospital in Morija,

Read more...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Reign Start : 25 January 1995
Reign End : 15 January 1996

King Moshoeshoe II

Paramount Chief and King Moshoeshoe was born Bereng Constantine Seeiso on May 2, 1938 at Thabang in the Mokhotlong district. He was the son of Mofumahali ‘Sekhothali Mabereng Seeiso Griffith

Reign Start : 7 February 1996
Reign End : Incumbent

King Letsie III

His Majesty King Letsie III born Mohato Bereng Seeiso is the first son of the late King Moshoeshoe II and the late Queen Mother ‘Mamohato Bereng Seeiso. He was born at Scott Hospital in Morija,

Read more...