Mswati II (c. 1820 – 1868) was the king of Swaziland between 1840 and 1868. He was also the eponym

Eponym

An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...

 of Swaziland

Swaziland

Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

. Called by the anthropologist Hilda Kuper

Hilda Kuper

Hilda Beemer Kuper, née Beemer, was a social anthropologist most notable for her extensive work on Swazi culture. Born to Lithuanian Jewish and Austrian Jewish parents in Bulawayo, she moved to South Africa after the death of her father...

 "the greatest of the Swazi fighting kings," Swaziland reached its greatest territorial extent under Mswati II (Kuper (1980 [1947]). He was the son of Sobhuza I of Swaziland

Sobhuza I of Swaziland

Sobhuza I Dlamini was king of Swaziland, from 1805 to 1839. Born around 1780, his father was Ndvungunye , and his mother was Somnjalose Simelane...

. He was married to Tsandzile Ndwandwe

Tsandzile Ndwandwe

Tsandzile Ndwandwe was the wife to Mswati II of Swaziland. After his death in 1868, she acted as regent for the new king until 1875....

, who acted as regent after his death.