Eweka I (reigned 1200 AD – 1235 AD) was the first Oba of Benin and presided over the kingdom's shift from the Ogiso Dynasty to the establishment of the...

July 1914. He took the name Eweka II after the 13th-century founder of the dynasty and the first Oba of Benin, Eweka I. Eweka II rebuilt the royal palace...

Eweka I (meaning: greatly annoyed or out of patience), later changed to Eweka. Replacing the era of the ogiso, the oba dynasty was founded by Eweka I...

preserved their title and status as traditional rulers in modern-day Nigeria. Eweka I (1200 AD – 1235AD) Uwakhuahen (1235 AD – 1243 AD) Ehenmihen (1243 AD –...

Kingdom of Benin, reigning from 1235 AD to 1243 AD. He was the son of Eweka I, the initiator of the Oba dynasty and the inaugural ruler to bear the title...

Duke) of Egor, as a wife. Eweka I was the result of this union. Oranmiyan was never to return to Benin. In his place, Eweka I became king [Oba of Benin]become...

first Oba (meaning "king" or "ruler") of Benin and changed his name to Eweka I. He consolidated his power by defeating the remaining Ogiso loyalists and...

reign over the people". He arranged for his son born to him by Erinmwinde, Eweka, to be made king in his place, and returned to Yorubaland thereafter. His...

name associated in oral traditions with this period of renewal is Eweka I. Yet, Eweka I's ambition to reunite the polity met with fierce opposition and competing...

Ọranmiyan of Ife, the father of Ẹwẹka I, the Ọba of Benin, was also the father of Ajaka, Alaafin of Ọyọ. Ọọni of Ifẹ. Ọba Ẹwẹka later changed the name of the...