Ogiso of Igodomigodo

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Ogiso of Igodomigodo refers to the line of early monarchs who ruled the ancient Edo kingdom before the establishment of the Oba of Benin dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical institution
monarchy
royal title
appliesToJurisdiction ancient Edo kingdom
country Igodomigodo NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Edo people
followedBy Oba of Benin dynasty NERFINISHED
governmentForm monarchy
governs territories later known as the Benin Kingdom
hasAlternativeName Ogiso dynasty NERFINISHED
Ogiso kings of Igodomigodo NERFINISHED
hasCapital Idu NERFINISHED
Ore Edo NERFINISHED
Ugbekun NERFINISHED
hasCulturalSignificance forms part of the origin narrative of the Benin Kingdom
foundational to the political identity of the Edo people
hasDynasticTransitionCause internal disputes and succession crisis in Igodomigodo oral traditions
hasEtymology "Ogiso" is often glossed as "ruler from the sky" or "king of the sky" in Edo oral tradition NERFINISHED
hasFirstRuler Igodo NERFINISHED
Obagodo NERFINISHED
hasInstitutionalContinuity some court titles and rituals were carried into the Oba of Benin era
hasLastRuler Ogiso Owodo NERFINISHED
hasLegends stories of semi-divine kings descending from the sky
hasMythicalElements accounts blend myth and history in Edo tradition
hasPoliticalStructure centralized kingship with subordinate chiefs
hasRole hereditary monarch
hasSource Benin court chronicles NERFINISHED
Edo oral tradition
hasSuccessorInstitution Obaship of Benin NERFINISHED
hasSymbolicRole represents the earliest phase of state formation among the Edo people
hasTitleLanguage Edo language NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfSuccession patrilineal succession
hasUncertainChronology exact dates of reigns are not securely established in written records
isSubjectOf Benin historical traditions
studies in Nigerian precolonial history
languageOfCourt Edo language NERFINISHED
locatedIn West Africa NERFINISHED
present-day Nigeria
partOf history of the Benin Kingdom
history of the Edo people
precededBy pre-state chiefdoms of Edo people
region forest belt of southern Nigeria
religion traditional Edo religion
temporalLocation pre-Oba era of Benin history

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Oba of Benin historicalPrecursor Ogiso of Igodomigodo