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Agaja (also
spelled Agadja and also
known as
Trudo Agaja or
Trudo Audati) was a king of the
Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, who
ruled from 1718...
- son of King
Agaja (1708–1740), but was
selected following his father's
death after winning a
succession struggle with a brother. King
Agaja had significantly...
- 1740
until 1774.
While not the
oldest son of King
Agaja (1718-1740), he
became king
after Agaja's death following a
succession struggle with a brother...
- at the capital, Abomey.
These ceremonies were
largely started under King
Agaja around 1730 and were
religious ceremonies involving large-scale
human sacrifice...
- and they were
followed by
another son of
Houegbadja who
would become King
Agaja. As the
oldest son,
Akaba became the king upon Houegbadja's
death and ruled...
-
their presence.
According to tradition, her
brother and
successor King
Agaja successfully used them in Dahomey's
defeat of the
neighbouring kingdom of...
- King
Agaja,
grandson of Houegbadja, came to the
throne in 1718 and
began significant expansion of the
Kingdom of Dahomey. By 1720, King
Agaja repudiated...
-
served as the
regent of the
Kingdom of
Dahomey for a
brief period before Agaja came to
power in 1718.
According to oral tradition, she
became regent upon...
- This
generated religious change;
early in the 17th century, Dahomey's king
Agaja conquered the Xwedá
kingdom (in what is now
southern Benin) and the Xwedá's...
-
Dahomey for a
short period of time
between the
death of
Akaba and the rule of
Agaja. Bay
argues that
there is
clear evidence that
suggests Hangbe did rule for...
