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The Kingdom of Benin, [2] also known as Great Benin or Benin Kingdom is a kingdom within what is now considered southern Nigeria. [3] It has no historical relation to the modern republic of Benin, [4] which was known as Dahomey from the 17th century until 1975. The Kingdom of Benin's capital was Edo, now known as Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria.
A central element of the accord was the recognition of Ewedo's sovereignty over the Benin kingdom, with the Ogiamien formally acknowledging Ewedo's rule. [11] In a gesture of unity, the Ogiamien relinquished any claim to the kingship of the Benin kingdom and transferred the Royal Stool of the Ogiso to Ewedo. [12]
Oriagba (a.k.a. Oriagba Negho, 'Oriagba the Adorable' and Oriagba N'ovbi Obo, 'Oriagba the son of a doctor', c. 1050 – c. 1070 AD) was the twenty-third ruler of the Ogiso dynasty in the ancient Kingdom of Igodomigodo, later known as the Kingdom of Benin.
An Ogiso is referred to by the people of the Igodomigodo kingdom as king of the sky. [1] This is a list of the independent Ogisos of Igodomigodo, which was to become the Benin Empire, from roughly 100 BCE - 40 BCE to 1100 CE.
Ohen was the eighth Oba (monarch) of the Benin Kingdom, who ruled from c. 1334 AD – c. 1370 AD. He was the son and successor of Oba Oguola, who had conquered the Ekiti and Akure kingdoms and built the first moat around Benin City. He expanded the Benin Empire to the west and east, and increased its control over several tributary states.
Igodomigodo is the original name of the Benin Kingdom used by its own inhabitants (nowadays known as the Edo people of Nigeria).. According to Edo oral history, Igodomigodo [1] was the name given to the kingdom by Igodo, the first ogiso (King), who founded the first dynasty of what would later be known as the Benin Empire (which existed from around 1180 until 1897 in the area of the present ...
Akengbuda was born around 1720 in Benin City, the capital of the Kingdom of Benin.He was the son of Oba Eresoyen, who reigned from 1735 to 1750, and Iyoba Eweba I, who was one of Eresoyen's many wives and the mother of his heir.
The Uzama Nihiron also known as King Makers in the Benin Kingdom, are among the highest ranking chiefs in Benin History. Just like the Oyomesi of the old Oyo empire, the Uzama are saddled with the responsibility of crowning a new king in the Benin Kingdom (modern day Benin City).