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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...
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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...
- 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
involved significant collection and
distribution of gifts...
- 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...
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their presence.
According to tradition, her
brother and
successor King
Agaja successfully used them in Dahomey's
defeat of the
neighbouring kingdom of...
- 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...
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Abomey plateau and
began taking over
areas along the coast. By 1727, King
Agaja of the
Kingdom of
Dahomey had
conquered the
coastal cities of
Allada and...
- of
Dahomey supplied war
captives to
European slave traders.
Dahomey King
Agaja, who
ruled from 1718 to 1740, took
control of key
trade routes for the Atlantic...
