Béhanzin
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b-hanzin-216-2968597
title:
Béhanzin
text:
Gbehanzin or Béhanzin is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey, modern-day Republic of Benin. 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. Béhanzin was Dahomey's last independent ruler established through traditional power structures. He led the resistance to French colonization of his
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description:
King of Dahomey from c. 1890 to c. 1894
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9hanzin
date created:
2002-08-16T10:56:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T22:19:08Z
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