Houegbadja
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Benin
- Child
- Akaba of Dahomey
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- King of Dahomey
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Houégbadja dessin de Cyr Raoul Sehou-houindo.jpg
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- date of death
- 1685-01-01
- date of birth
- 1600-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Rise to power
- Administration
- Legacy
- References
thumb|300px|Emblems of King Houegbadja (1645-1685), a fish, a trap and a scepter
Houegbadja or Wegbaja or Aho was a King in the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, from around 1645 until 1685. Houegbadja followed his father Dakodonou to the throne and formed much of the administration and religious practices for the Kingdom of Dahomey. Because of this he is often credited as the First King of Dahomey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Houegbadja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.