| Lingeer Ndoye Demba | |||||
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| Queen ofWaalo Princess ofSine | |||||
| Reign | c. 1367 | ||||
| Born | Kingdom of Sine | ||||
| Spouse | Brak Caaka Mbaar Mbooj ( King ofWaalo) | ||||
| Issue | Brak Yerim Mbanyik Ndoye Demba Mbooj (King of Waalo), Sodeh Mbooj | ||||
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| House | Founder of theJoos Maternal Dynasty ofWaalo, c. 1367 | ||||
| Mother | Lingeer Ndoung Jein, Princess ofSine | ||||
| Religion | Serer religion | ||||
Linguere Ndoye Demba Joos Fadiou,[1] also known asNdoye Demba inSenegambian dynastic history, was aSerer princess from theKingdom of Sine (now part of present-daySenegal), from the later half of the 14th century to the 15th century.[2][3] Theroyal title –"Lingeer" meansQueen or Royal Princess. She was given in marriage to theBrak of Waalo – Caaka Mbaar Mbooj (variation : Brac Thiaka Mbar). The surnameMbooj is the English spelling in theGambia, variation includeMboge. In French speakingSenegal, it is speltMbodj. Differences in spelling is due to the colonial past of the Gambia and Senegal. France colonized Senegal, whilst Britain colonized the Gambia, thus the division of the two countries. Caaka Mbaar was the second king of Waalo from the Mbooj patrilineage, who ruled in the second half of the 14th century, around 1367.Brak was the title of the kings of Waalo. Lingeer Ndoye Demba was the founder of the SererJoos Maternal Dynasty (variations : Dyoss, Diouss-Fahou, Dious-Fadiou, Dieuss, Dihosou, also"Diouss" – the French spelling inSenegal) of Waalo.[4][5] In theWolof Kingdom of Waalo, Lingeer Ndoye Demba is considered the matriarch of theJoosmaternal clan. In the SererKingdom of Sine, it is her grandmotherLingeer Fatim Beye (variations :Fa-tim Beye orFatimata Beye) who is considered to be the matriarch of this maternal dynasty. In theSerer language, the word"Fa-tim" means "the maternal clan of ... ". The Serer surnameBeye (var : Bèye) is also one of the many Serer maternal clans.[6]
Lingeer Ndoye Demba's marriage to Brak Caaka Mbaar took place in theKingdom of Sine (the country of her birth). She was given in marriage to the King ofWaalo during his visit to Sine. After the marriage, she accompanied her husband to theKingdom of Waalo where she received great hostility from the two established maternal clans : theTedyek Maternal Dynasty (ofFula origin) and theLoggar Maternal Dynasty (ofMoor origin). The king's mother was a Loggar and his first wife (Lingeer-Awo Yassin Tanor) was a Tedyek. These three maternal dynasties ruled the kingdom of Waalo with the Mbooj paternal family. For nearly six hundred years, these three maternal clans engaged in dynastic wars among themselves. The Battle of Nder (var :Ndeer) which is still celebrated in Waalo, began as a dynastic war between the Joos Maternal Dynasty (maternal descendants of Lingeer Ndoye Demba, ofSerer origin) and the Tedyek, where the Joos family massacred several members of the Tedyek maternal clan.[7]
From the 14th century until the destruction of Waalo in 1855 during the reign of Lingeer Ndateh Yalla Mbooj[8] many kings of Waalo came from the Joos Maternal Dynasty. Some of these include:
The following is a briefgenealogy of Linguere Ndoye Demba.[17][18][19][20]
Lingeer Fatim Beye (FromKingdom of Sine, Princess Royal and Queen of Sine, matriarch of theJoos Maternal Dynasty ofWaalo) │ Lingeer Ndoung Jein (Princess of Sine) │ │ _______________│ │ │ ┌───────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┐ Lingeer Fatim Malado │ Nancy Demba (Princess ofSine) │ (Princess ofSine) │ │ │______________________________________________________________________ │ │ Lamtoro Abraham Sall (ofFuta Toro) │ │ │ │___________________________________________ │ │ │ ? = Lingeer Fatoumata Sall =Mbarick Bo │ (1) │ (2) │ ______________│ │ │ │Brak Barka Bo = *Lingeer Faaduma Yumeyga │ │ (Barka Mbooj, King ofWaalo) │______________________________________ │ │ │ │Ndiadiane Ndiaye = Lingeer-Awo Maram Doye Gaye = Lingeer Mbat Mboye │ │ (King of Jolof, founder of theJolof Empire) │ (1) (daughter of Amar Gaye) │ (*3) │ │ ___________________________│ │ │ │ │ Ware Ndiaye │ │ │ │ │ │ ___________________________________________│ │ │ │ ______________│ │ │ │ │Brak Caaka Mbaar Mbooj = Lingeer Ndoye Demba ┌───────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┐ (King ofWaalo) │ (FromKingdom of Sine) │ │ │ │ │ (Princess of Sine, Queen ofWaalo) Sare Ndiaye Guet Ndiaye Ndombuur Ndiaye Guedo Ndiaye │ (2) (King ofJolof) ________________│ ┌───────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ Brak Yerim Mbanyik Ndoye Demba Mbooj Sodeh Mbooj (King ofWaalo) │ │ _____________________________________________________________│ │ │ ┌───────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┐ Jummoul Diouroukh Baka Dequene = Aïssa │ │ ____________________________│ ________________│ ┌───────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Degene Mande Bo Mbody Fanta Degene Ko Khadj Yalladj Jaw Njuck Mbouneh Njuck Fary NjuckBorom Borom Mbooj Mbooj Mbooj Ndiouk │ │ Fa Mbooj Njaak
