Ghezo
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Ghezo, also spelled Gezo, was King of Dahomey from 1818 until 1858. Ghezo replaced his brother Adandozan as king through a coup with the assistance of the Brazilian slave trader Francisco Félix de Sou
A depiction of King Ghezo in an 1851 publication
Symbol of Guezo on place goho
Procession of the wealth of King Ghezo, painted in 1851 by Frederick E. Forbes
Dahomey Amazons became a significant part of the military under Ghezo.
Glele
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Glele, or Badohou, was the tenth King of Dahomey, ruling from 1858 until his suicide in 1889.
Ghezo
…to end the slave trade. He promised to end the slave trade in 1852, but resumed slave efforts in 1857. Ghezo was assassinated in 1858, and his son Glele became the new king. Ghezo was a son born with the name Gakpe to King Agonglo and was a younger brother to Adandozan. When Agonglo died in 1797, there…
Crown Prince Glele (left) with his father, King Ghezo
Symbol of Glele in place goho
Statue depicting Glele as a lion. Formerly in the Musée du Quai Branly, now in Abomey.