François Ier ( Mpanzu has Muzinga Ndo Fula in Kikongo, Francisco Ier in Portuguese) is the fourth Christian king of the Kongo.

Brother and immediate successor of Pierre I {{er}}, and consequently wire of Alphonse I {{er}}. It assembled on the throne in 1545, and was as dedicated as its two predecessors for the propagation of the faith and the extinction of the nonChristian beliefs; but he died after a transitory reign. Jacques I {{er}}, its nephew, replaced it on the throne.

See

• List of Manikongo of Kongo

References

• '' Dictionnaire of goldsmithery, engraving and chiselling Christian women. '' (3. Encycl. théol., tom.27). , Jacques Remi A. Texier, 1863.