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'''Francisco Malabo Beosá'''  or '''King Malabo II''' (23 June 1896 &ndash; November 2001), was an [[Africa]]n monarch, born on the island of [[Fernando Po (island)|Fernando Po]] in [[Spanish Guinea]] (today [[Bioko]] in [[Equatorial Guinea]]), was the son of former [[Bubi people|Bubi]] king [[Malabo Lopelo Melaka]] (Malabo I) and the second last legitimate successor of the [[Bubi people|Bubi Kingdom]].
==Biography ==
King Malabo II was considered the [[spiritual father]] of the [[Bubi people]], leading circle of elder advisers whose animist rites focused on the cult of [[Morim]] - the supreme being and creator of the universe. In 1973, [[Francisco Macías Nguema]] in his policy of Africanizing the names of geographic landmarks in Equatorial Guinea, changed the name of [[Santa Isabel (Equatorial Guinea)|Santa Isabel]], the capital of Equatorial Guinea to [[Malabo]] in honor of his father [[Malabo Lopelo Melaka|King Malabo]].
King Malabo II died at the age of 105 in the village of Moka, his hometown, located in the southern part of [[Bioko Island]]. He was one of the longest-lived members of any royal family. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Coke |first1=Hope |title=The top 10 longest-living royals in history |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/longest-living-royals-top-10-oldest-royalty-in-history |website=Tatler |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> He left a large family of nine children, 62 grandchildren, 84 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
==Honours ==
King Malabo II celebrated his centenary in 1996 and was the oldest  world leaders on record. (See [[List of centenarians (royalty and nobility)]]) He died in 2001 at the age of 105. The government of Equatorial Guinea, represented by the governor of [[Bioko Sur Province]], Deogracias Olom Miguel Abia, paid a nationally televised tribute to the late king during his funeral in Moka.<ref>[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2001/11/16/internacional/1005945247.html The Death of Francisco Malabo Beosa, son of King Malabo (in Spanish)]</ref>
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