{"id":67266,"date":"2021-03-12T13:21:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/?p=67266"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:21:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:21:17","slug":"king-mswati-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/king-mswati-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography of King Mswati III: Age, Wives, Children & Net Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Mswati III: Biography of King Mswati III,\u00a0Age, Wives, Children & Net Worth,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

King Mswati III (born 19 April 1968) is the King of Eswatini and head of the Swazi Royal Family. He was born to King Sobhuza II and Ntfombi Tfwala.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the age of 18 on 25 April 1986, he was crowned as Mswati III, Ingwenyama and King of\u00a0Swaziland, thus at that time becoming the youngest ruling\u00a0monarch in the world.<\/p>\n

Makhosetive attended Masundwini Primary School and later Lozitha Palace School.<\/p>\n

In December 1982. He sat for the Swaziland Primary Certificate examination at Phondo Royal Residence and received First Class with merit in Mathematics and English.<\/p>\n

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Mswati III Age<\/h2>\n

He was born on the 19th of\u00a0April\u00a01968 in Manzini, Eswatini. As of 2020, he is 52 years old.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Mswati III Wives and Children<\/h2>\n

He currently has 15 wives and 23 children. His first two wives were chosen for him by the national councillors.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Net Worth<\/h2>\n

King Mswati is worth a reported $200 million according to the Forbes 2009 list of the World\u2019s 15 Richest Royals.<\/p>\n

He has a personal stake in a large portion of Eswatini\u2019s economy which is a factor in its below-average economic growth for a Sub-Saharan nation<\/p>\n

<\/span>Honours<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>National<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • Eswatini\u00a0: Grand Master of the Royal Order of King Sobhuza II (1986)<\/sup><\/li>\n
  • Eswatini\u00a0: Grand Master of the Royal Order of the Great She-Elephant (2002)<\/li>\n
  • Eswatini\u00a0: Grand Master of the Royal Order of the Crown (2002)<\/li>\n
  • Eswatini\u00a0: Grand Master of the Royal Family Order of Mswati III (2002)<\/li>\n
  • Eswatini\u00a0: Grand Master of the Military Order of Swaziland (2002)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    <\/span>Foreign<\/span><\/h3>\n
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    • United Kingdom:\u00a0Knight of the\u00a0Venerable Order of St John\u00a0(November 1991).<\/sup><\/li>\n
    • South Africa:\u00a0Knight Grand Cross of the\u00a0Order of Good Hope\u00a0(August 1995).<\/sup><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n