17th-century monarchs in Africa

Do-Aklin or Gangnihessou (Ganye Hessou) or Dogbari is claimed as the founder of the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey in present-day Benin and the first person in the royal lineage of the Kings of Dahomey (the Aladaxonou dynasty). In many versions he is considered the first king of Dahomey even though the kingdom was founded after his death. Very little is known about Do-Aklin and most of it is connected to folklore, but it is generally claimed that he settled a large group of Aja people from Allada on the Abomey plateau amongst the local inhabitants in c. 1620. His son Dakodonu would eventually build a

Sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727

Moroccan Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (1549-1603) (r.1578-1603)

Sultan of Morocco (1631-1672)

king of Kongou

Founder of the 'Alawi dynasty

was king of the kingdom of Kongo from 1615 to his death on May 4, 1622

emperor of Ethiopia

king of the kingdom of Kongo

the last Saadi sultan of Morocco

was king of Kongo from 1631 to his death in 16361

King of the kingdom of Kongo from March 1587 to August 1614

Ruler king of Kongo

ManiKongo of Kongo

mwene Kongo

Moroccan politician

the first king of the kingdom of Kongo of the lineage of Kanda Nkanga in Mvika or Kinkanga known as the house of Nsundi

ruler of Saadi Dynasty Morocco from 1603 to 1627

Ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo

Sultan of Morocco

sultan of Morocco

Andriamasinavalona (1675–1710), also known as Andrianjakanavalondambo, was a King of Imerina in the central highlands of Madagascar. He made significant and enduring contributions to the social, political and economic life of Imerina. Chief among these was the expansion of his territories and the pacification and unification of certain principalities that had become locked in violent conflict; Andriamasinavalona established and ruled over the largest extent of the Kingdom of Imerina. He gave the name of Antananarivo to the capital city that was rapidly expanding around the royal palace o

Emperor of Ethiopia

Saadi Dynasty ruler of parts of Morocco from 1603 to 1608

Moroccan Sultan

king of Dahomey

King of the Kingdom of Congo

ruler of the West African empire of Bornu

Dakodonou, Dakodonu, Dako Donu or Dako Danzo was an early king of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, ruling from around 1620 until 1645. Oral tradition recounts that Dakodonu was the son (or grandson) of Do-Aklin, the founder of the royal dynasty of Dahomey, and the father to Houegbadja, often considered the founder of the Kingdom of Dahomey. In addition, it is said that Dakodonu killed a local chieftain and founded the capital city upon the site. However, some recent historical analysis contends that Dakodonu was added into the royal line in the 18th century to legitimize the rulin

King of Burundi

Manikongo do Reino de Kongo desde xuño de 1669 ata finais de 1670

mwene Kongo

''2Nd'' Oba of Lagos

Saadi Dynasty ruler in Morocco (1566–1613)

Manikongo of Kongo

Queen regnant of Ndongo and Matamba (1663– 1666)

manikongo of the kingdom of Kongo from mid 1673 to mid 1674

Ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo

thumb|300px|Emblems of King Houegbadja (1645-1685), a fish, a trap and a scepter

Matamba queen

Oba Gabaro (original Bini name was Guobaro) who reigned from 1669–1704 was the third Oba of Lagos, son and heir to Oba Ado, and grandson of Ashipa. His siblings were Akinsemoyin, and Erelu Kuti.

Manikongo of the Kingdom of Kongo in May 1669 and from 1672 to 1674.

Manikingo of Kongo

Ashipa, the founder of the Lagos royal dynasty but uncrowned as Oba of Lagos, whom all Obas of Lagos trace their lineage to, was an Awori Chieftain from Isheri. Ashipa was rewarded with title of Oloriogun (war chief) after returning the body of one Asheru, a Benin war captain to Benin and received the Oba of Benin's sanction to govern Lagos. Some Benin accounts of history have the Ashipa as son or grandson of the Oba of Benin. According to the Lagos traditional account however, Ashípa (Yoruba: Aṣípa) was a local native, an Awori Yoruba chieftain of Isheri.

Andriantsimitoviaminandriandehibe ("the noble without equal among great nobles") was the King of Imerina in the central highlands of Madagascar from 1650 to 1670. He acceded to the throne on the death of his father, King Andriantsitakatrandriana. He had three wives: Ratompoimbahoaka of Ambohimalaza, Princess Ramahafoloarivo (granddaughter of King Andrianjaka), and Princess Rafaravavy Rampanananiamboninitany. He is responsible for establishing the rice paddies of the Betsimitatatra that lie to the west of Ankadimbahoaka.

Andriantsitakatrandriana (1613-) was the king of Imerina from 1630 to 1650, acceding to the throne upon the death of his father, Andrianjaka. He took two wives: the first, Ravololontsimitovy, gave birth to his first son and successor Andriantsimitoviaminandriandehibe, while his second wife, Rafoloarivo, gave birth to a son named Andriamanjakatokana. During his reign, he chased his second wife and son from his territory, and constructed dikes to transform the Betsimitatatra swamps around Antananarivo into vast rice paddies to feed the local population.

king of Loango

Saadi Sultan of Morocco

King of Imerina

Sultan of Darfur

Mussasa was a 17th-century Imbangala Jagas queen regnant.