King Béhanzin

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King of Dahomey human monarch

King Béhanzin was the last independent king of Dahomey, renowned for his fierce resistance against French colonial conquest in the late 19th century.

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Label Occurrences
King Béhanzin canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Dahomey ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Béhanzin Hossu Bowelle ⓘ
associatedWith Dahomey Amazons ⓘ
birthDate circa 1845 ⓘ
birthName Kondo ⓘ
burialPlace Abomey ⓘ
capitalOfHisKingdom Abomey ⓘ
capturedBy French colonial forces ⓘ
surface form: French colonial authorities
commemoratedBy historical studies of Franco-Dahomean wars ⓘ
statues in Benin ⓘ
conflict First Franco-Dahomean War ⓘ
Second Franco-Dahomean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
deathDate 10 December 1906 ⓘ
deathPlace Blida, French Algeria ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fon people ⓘ
father King Glélé ⓘ
governedSystem centralized absolute monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra late 19th century ⓘ
languageSpoken Fon ⓘ
legacy symbol of anti-colonial resistance in West Africa ⓘ
mother Princess Kpodjito ⓘ
name Béhanzin ⓘ
notableFor Second Franco-Dahomean War ⓘ
resistance to French colonial conquest ⓘ
opponent French Third Republic ⓘ
French Army of Africa ⓘ
surface form: French colonial army
partOf royal dynasty of Dahomey ⓘ
placeOfExile Algeria ⓘ
Martinique ⓘ
positionHeld King Ghezo of Dahomey ⓘ
surface form: King of Dahomey
predecessor King Glélé ⓘ
reignEnd 1894 ⓘ
reignStart 1889 ⓘ
religion Vodun ⓘ
rememberedIn Beninese national memory ⓘ
resisted Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
surface form: French colonization of Dahomey
ruledOver Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
surface form: Dahomey
ruledOverTerritoryNowIn Benin ⓘ
successor Colony of Dahomey ⓘ
surface form: French colonial administration of Dahomey

King Agoli-Agbo ⓘ
symbol egg in the hand ⓘ
shark ⓘ
title King Ghezo of Dahomey ⓘ
surface form: Ahosu of Dahomey
used Royal Palaces of Abomey ⓘ
surface form: royal palaces of Abomey

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Dahomey → notableRuler → King Béhanzin ⓘ
Second Franco-Dahomean War → DahomeyCommander → King Béhanzin ⓘ
King Glele → successor → King Béhanzin ⓘ