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Eweka I (reigned 1200 AD – 1235 AD) was the
first Oba of
Benin and
presided over the kingdom's
shift from the
Ogiso monarchy to the
establishment of the...
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Aiguobasinwin Ovonramwen,
Eweka II (died
February 1933) was the thirty-sixth Oba of Benin,
reigning from 1914 to 1933. He was the son of
Ovonramwen (ruled...
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ethnic group). The
dynasty is
sometimes called the "
Eweka dynasty",
after its
first ruler,
Eweka I, and was
preceded by the
Ogiso monarchy. In 1897, a...
- foreigner. He
married Erinmwinde,
daughter of a
local chief, and they had a son
Eweka.
Exasperated and
desiring to rule in Ile-Ife,
Oranmiyan abdicated the throne...
- his
first son and
legitimate heir,
Prince Aguobasimwin, who
ruled as
Eweka II.
Eweka, Iro (1998). Dawn to Dusk: Folk
Tales from Benin.
Taylor & Francis...
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result of
their union,
Oranmiyan crystallised his new dynasty, and his son
Eweka I,
would come to be
known as the
first Oba of Benin. This
dynasty is still...
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father Akenzua II, and his
uncles and
their heirs,
named the
Ewekas after his
grandfather Eweka II. In the case of the
comparatively small number of Nigerian...
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enthroned as Oba of
Benin in
April 1933
following the
death of his father,
Eweka II (r.1914 – 1933) in
February that year. Oba
Akenzua II was
dedicated to...
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reigning as Ọọni of Ifẹ. Therefore, Ọranmiyan of Ife, is the
father of
Eweka I, the
first Oba of Benin, and
father of Ajaka,
Alaafin of Ọyọ.
Around 1470...
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reigned have
varied since the
inception of
written Benin history.
Ademola Iyi-
Eweka records a list of
fifteen Ogisos ending with
Owodo in 1998.
Before him,...
