The noblest man that ever lived in the tide of times, Kgosi Bathoen II

B2 was the eldest son of Kgosi Seepapitso III and Mogatsakgari Ratshosa (granddaughter to Kgosi Kgama III). Kgosi Seepapitso III's two siblings from (Bathoen I's house) were Moaepitso (brother) and Ntebogan (sister).  Kgosi Bathoen II's siblings  were Mookami Gaseitsiwe and Mme Seyelo Gaseitsiwe. His father Seepapitso III was assassinated in the Kgotla in 1916 by Moeapitso who was later ordered to hang by their mother Mohumagadi Gagoangwe, daugher to Kgosi Sechele I.

After the untimely death of Kgosi Seepapitso III, the Bangwaketse were ruled by a series of Regents on behalf of Bathoen II. These Regents were as follows: Kgosimotse (1916-1918), Malope (1918-1919), Tshosa (1919-1923), Mohumagadi Gagoangwe (1923-1924) and Ntebogan (1924-1928).