Ruler · 1500 – 1504

Ozolua

Lived 1500 – 1504; ruler. Oba of Benin of Kingdom of Benin, 1483 – 1514.

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Lived: 1500 – 1504; 4 years
In office: 31 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Benin
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Oba of Benin

Kingdom of Benin · the 9th of 11 dated reigns · 1200 – 1897

5 before

Udagbedo1299 – 1334

Ohen1334 – 1370

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 1483 – 1514 · 31 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1514, after the death recorded in 1504

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