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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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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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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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explain why
Hwanjile allied herself with
Tegbesu, but they do
state that
Hwanjile pla**** 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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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...
- 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...
- destro**** at one time or another, but
eventually rebuilt. In 1743, King
Tegbesu,
suspecting that the
director of the
Portuguese fort, Joao Basilio, had...
