- oral
tradition and
historical records, the
Ogisos were
regarded as
divine rulers. The
establishment of the
Ogiso monarchy marked the
beginning of a centralised...
- 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...
- and had
substantial support among the
Senior Nobles, who had
selected the
ogisos before the
system of
hereditary monarchy was introduced. Uwa,
rather than...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
Ohuede (c. 1054 – c. 1112) was the twenty-seventh
Ogiso (King) of Igodomigodo, an
early historical state later incorporated into the
Benin Empire. He...
- "Eweka dynasty",
after its
first ruler,
Eweka I, and was
preceded by the
Ogiso monarchy. In 1897, a
British military force of
approximately 1,200 men under...
-
predates the
Ogiso kings.
Archaeological findings and oral
traditions suggest that some
moats were in
existence before the
arrival of the
Ogiso rulers. These...
