Mswati III is the King of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) and head of the Swazi Royal Family. Mswati was only 18 years old when he was crowned Ingwenyama and King of Swaziland, becoming the youngest ruling monarch in the world at that time. Together with his mother, Ntombi Tfwala, he rules the country as Africa's last absolute monarch. The now-50-year-old king reportedly has over 30 children with 14 concurrent wives (though his father had more than 125 wives during his 82-year reign), making the already complex rules of Swazi succession even more confusing.