Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 18 July 1918, died 5 December 2013 aged 95)
Parents
Father: Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Henry (died 1930)*
Mother: Nonqaphi Fanny Nosekeni (died 1968)
Mr Mandela was married three times. He had six children – four girls and two boys.
Two daughters and two sons passed away: Makaziwe died as an infant in 1948; Madiba Thembekile (Thembi) died in a car accident in 1969; Makgatho Lewanika died of an AIDS-related illness in 2005; and Zindziswa Mandela (Zindzi) died in 2020 after contracting Covid-19.
His surviving children are Pumla Makaziwe (Maki) and Zenani.
Marriage
1944: Married Evelyn Ntoko Mase (born 1922, died 30 April 2004). Divorced 19 March 1958.
14 June 1958: Married Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela (born 1936). Divorced 19 March 1996.
18 July 1998: Married Graça Machel (born 1945).
Children
With Evelyn Mase:
1. Madiba Thembekile Mandela (born 1945, died 13 July 1969 aged 24)
2. Makaziwe Mandela (died 1948 aged nine months)
3. Magkatho Lewanika Mandela (born 1950, died 6 January 2005 aged 55)
4. Pumla Makaziwe Mandela (born 1954)
With Winnie Mandela:
5. Zenani Dlamini (born 1959)
6. Zindziswa Mandela (born 1960, died 13 July 2020, aged 59, of Covid-19)
Grandchildren
1. Ndileka Mandela (1965—F—Thembi)
2. Nandi Mandela (1968—F—Thembi)
3. Mandla Mandela (1974—M—Makgatho)
4. Tukwini Mandela (1974—F—Makaziwe)
5. Dumani Mandela (1976—M—Makaziwe)
6. Zaziwe Manaway (1977—F—Zenani)
7. Zamaswazi Dlamini (1979—F—Zenani)
8. Zinhle Dlamini (1980—M—Zenani)
9. Zoleka Mandela (1980—2023—F—Zindzi)
10. Ndaba Mandela (1983—M—Makgatho)
11. Kweku Mandela (1985—M—Makaziwe)
12. Zondwa Mandela (1985—M—Zindzi)
13. Bambatha Mandela (1989—M—Zindzi)
14. Mbuso Mandela (1991—M—Makgatho)
15. Zozuko Dlamini (1992—M—Zenani)
16. Zwelabo Mandela (1992—M—Zindzi)
17. Andile Mandela (1993—M—Makgatho)
* Nelson Mandela's father died in 1930 when Mandela was 12 and his mother died in 1968 when he was in prison. While the autobiography Long Walk to Freedom says his father died when he was nine, historical evidence shows it must have been later, most likely 1930. In fact, the original Long Walk to Freedom manuscript (written on Robben Island) states the year as 1930, when he was 12.