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Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo. Following his father Glele 's suicide, Béhanzin ascended the throne in January 1890 and ruled until 1894, when he was defeated by the French in the Second Franco-Dahomean War and exiled to Martinique.
Behanzin (1844 - 10 de diciembre de 1906 en Blida, Argelia) es considerado el undécimo (si Adandozan no es contado) rey de Dahomey (hoy Benín). Al tomar el trono, cambió su nombre de Kondo a Behanzin.
Name. The Kingdom of Dahomey was referred to by many different names and has been written in a variety of ways, including Danxome, Danhome, and Fon.The name Fon relates to the dominant ethnic and language group, the Fon people, of the royal families of the kingdom and is how the kingdom first became known to Europeans.The names Dahomey, Danxome, and Danhome share an origin story, which ...
King Behanzin, who had succeeded to the Dahomean throne in 1889, resisted the French claim to Cotonou, provoking the French invasion and conquest of Dahomey in 1892–94. Behanzin was then deposed and exiled, and the kingdom of Dahomey became a French protectorate.
Behanzin, who had succeeded the throne in 1889, realized that the Europeans were gradually encroaching on his kingdom, and he sought ways to isolate them. He resisted the French claim to...
27 de mar. de 2021 · «Le trône du roi Béhanzin», œuvre emblématique de l'art africain. Publié le : 28/03/2021 - 00:27. Le trône du roi Béhanzin, une des sculptures les plus célèbres de l'art africain, est...
The King of Dahomey remains an important ceremonial position and continued through both French administration and independence. Since 2000, there has been a struggle over the position with Agoli-Agbo III and Houedogni Behanzin holding rival claims to the throne.
