Ruler · 1857 – 1914

Ovonramwen

Lived 1857 – 1914; monarch. Oba of Benin of Kingdom of Benin, 1888 – 1897.

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Lived: 1857 – 1914; 57 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Benin
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Oba of Benin

Kingdom of Benin · the 11th of 11 dated reigns · 1200 – 1897

7 before

Ewuare1440 – 1473

Ozolua1483 – 1514

Esigie1504 – 1550

Ovonramwen1888 – 1897

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1888 – 1897 · 9 years · came to it aged 31

Came to it: inherited
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1897; they died in 1914

He succeeded his father, Adolo, in either 1888 or 1889 and adopted the regnal name Ovonramwen n'Ogbaisi ('The Rising Sun Which Spreads Over All').

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