 Rutarindwa's mother had died and, consequently, Rwabugiri appointed another of his wives, Kanjogera, as his surrogate mother.With the death of Rwabugiri, she and her brothers plotted to put her own young son Musinga, the future king Yuhi V Musinga, on the throne.This culminated in late 1896 in a battle between the King's and the Queen Mother's factions called the , named for the hill that Rutarindwa had moved his court to.