- The
Ogisos were the
earliest known ruling monarchy of the Edo
kingdom of Igodomigodo,
founded by Igodo, the
first Ogiso. The
monarchy began around 900...
- Hennenden, (born Egiebo,
reigned c. 1095 – c. 1110) was the twenty-sixth
Ogiso (king) of Igodomigodo, the
early state that
preceded the
Benin Empire. His...
- the
Ogisos compared to the era of the Obas, and the
period is
often said to be of a semi-mythical or
legendary nature. The
exact number of
Ogisos that...
- was an
ancient Edo
kingdom in modern-day
southern Nigeria ruled by the
Ogiso monarchy. The Edo
tradition of
origin holds that
initially there was no...
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transition from the
Ogiso Dynasty to the Obaship. His
reign heralded the end of a centuries-old
system of governance,
characterised by the
Ogisos, and ushered...
- and had
substantial support among the
Senior Nobles, who had
selected the
ogisos before the
system of
hereditary monarchy was introduced. Uwa,
rather than...
- Ọ̀rànmíyàn, also
known as Ọranyan, was a
legendary Yoruba king from the
kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the
founder of the
Benin Kingdom and the Oyo Empire. Although...
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others claim he came from the sky due to his
great wisdom,
hence his
title Ogiso,
meaning "King from the sky".
During his reign, he
organized the kingdom’s...
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which replaced the
lineage of the
Ogisos in Benin's history.
Owodo was born into the
ruling lineage of the
Ogiso monarchy in
Igodomigodo (modern-day...
- in
Europe &
Middle East. In
August 2013,
Toyota Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso, who was
chief engineer for the
Prius line,
announced some of the improvements...
