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In 1641, [[Netherlands|the Dutch]], allied to factions within Kongo and Ḍongo, occupied the Portuguese city of Luanda. Seven years later, Portuguese reinforcements arrived from Brazil, recapturing Luanda and expelling the Dutch.

 

As the Portuguese and their Imbangala allies encroached, Ḍongo, Kongo's southern neighbor, faced collapse. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba Ẓinga became Queen] in 1624 after her brother, King Mbandi, committed suicide. In 1631, she attacked the eastern Kingdom of Matamba, deposing their queen and joining the two kingdoms in a personal union. In the 1647 Battle of Kombi, her forces crushed the Portuguese army, forcing them to fall back. Queen Ẓinga signed a peace treaty with Portugal in 1657. She passed away in 1663, succeeded by her sister [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_of_Matamba Queen Barbara].