Tegbesu (French: Tegbessou) or Bossa Ahadee was a king of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, from 1740 until 1774. While not the oldest son...
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Dahomey (section Rule of Tegbesu (1740–1774))
status to the Oyo empire. Tegbesu, also spelled as Tegbessou, was King of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, from 1740 until 1774. Tegbesu was not the oldest son...
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explain why Hwanjile allied herself with Tegbesu, but they do state that Hwanjile played a pivotal role in Tegbesu's accession to the throne, displacing his...
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vodun (gods). The most famous kpojito was Hwanjile, who reigned with King Tegbesu in the mid-eighteenth century. Bay, Edna G. (1995). "Belief, Legitimacy...
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instance present among the Fon by the reign of Dahomey's fifth ruler, Tegbesu (r.1732-74) and by the reign of Gezo (r.1818-58) had become well established...
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any lists of Kings of Dahomey. 1718 to 1740 Agaja, Ahosu 1740 to 1774 Tegbesu, Ahosu 1774 to 1789 Kpengla, Ahosu 1789 to 1797 Agonglo, Ahosu 1797 to...
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the Yoruba. Ifá was present in Dahomey by the reign of its fifth ruler, Tegbesú, who ruled from c.1732 to 1774, and was well established at the royal palace...
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destroyed at one time or another, but eventually rebuilt. In 1743, King Tegbesu, suspecting that the director of the Portuguese fort, Joao Basilio, had...
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