Back Moshoeshoe AF موشويشوي الأول Arabic موشويشوى الاول ARZ Машвешвэ I BE Moshoeshoe I Danish Moshoeshoe I. German Μοσεσόε Α΄ Greek Moshoeshoe I Spanish Moshoeshoe Finnish Moshoeshoe Ier French
| Moshoeshoe I | |
|---|---|
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| Paramount Chief of the Basotho | |
| Reign | 1822 – 18 January 1870 |
| Predecessor | first monarch |
| Successor | Letsie I |
| Born | c. 1786 Menkhoaneng, Southern Africa |
| Died | 11 March 1870 (aged 83–84) |
| Burial | |
| Consort | ’MaMohato |
| House | Bamokoteli |
| Father | Mokhachane |
| Mother | Kholu |
Moshoeshoe I (/mʊˈʃwɛʃwɛ/) (c. 1786 – 11 March 1870) was the first king of Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, a branch of the Koena (crocodile) clan. In his youth, he helped his father gain power over some other smaller clans. At the age of 34 Moshoeshoe formed his own clan and became a chief. He and his followers settled at the Butha-Buthe Mountain. He became the first and longest-serving King of Lesotho in 1822.