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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...
- the
Kingdom of Benin,
reigning from 1235 AD to 1243 AD. He was the son of
Eweka I, the
initiator of the Oba
dynasty and the
inaugural ruler to bear the...
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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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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,...
