Letsie III (born Mohato Bereng Seeiso; 17 July 1963) is King of Lesotho.
His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, and Letsie became king again.
[2] Letsie III was born on 17 July 1963 at the Scott Hospital in Morija, a town south of the capital Maseru.
[7] In 2000, King Letsie married Karabo Motšoeneng, with whom he has two daughters and one son: King Letsie III is one of only two Catholic sovereigns of non-European lineage anywhere in the world, the other being the Māori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō.
He is a member of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George and has been credited with promoting the principles of his Catholic faith in Lesotho.