Benin Traditional polities
Agwe
1812
Ewe state of Agwe founded (partially in present-day
Togo).
1895
State annexed by France.
1901
State reconstituted under French/German colonial
authority.
Rulers
1812 -
1821
Komlagan
1821 -
1833
Katraya
1833 -
1834
Agunu
1834 -
1844
Toji
1844 -
1846
Kponton I avumbe
1846 -
1858
Hanto Tona
1858 -
1873
Soji (= Komin Agidi)
1873 -
1889
Atanle
1889 -
1894
Ahrlonko Butiyi
1894 -
1895
Kwasihela Diogo
1895 - 1901
abolished
1901 -
1930
Abalo Bajavi
1930 -
1935
Kofi Titriwe
1937 -
1945
Augustino Olympio
1946 -
1949
Kponton II
Ajache Ipo
(Porto Novo)
1688
Fon kingdom of Ajache Ipo founded, originating in split
in royal family of Alada; state known to Europeans as
Porto Novo.
23 Feb 1863 - 2 Jan 1865 French
protectorate.
14 Apr
1882
French protectorate declared.
7 Feb
1908
Annexed by France; royalty continues.
Kings (title Ahosu)
1688 -
1723
Te-Agbanlin
1723 -
1739
Hiakpon
1739 -
1746
Lokpon
1746 -
1752
Hude (Houde)
1752 -
1757
Mesi I (Messe)
1757 -
1761
Huyi
1761 -
1775
Gbeyon
1775 -
1783
Ayikpe
1783 -
1794
Ayaton
1794 -
1807
Hufon
(d. 1807)
1807 -
1816
Ajohan
(d. 1816)
1816 -
1818
Toyi Tofa
I
(d. 1818)
1818 -
1828
Hweze (Houeze)
(d. 1828)
1828 -
1836
Toyon
(d. 1836)
1836 - 8 Sep
1848
Meyi
(d. 1848)
8 Sep 1848 - 3 Feb 1864
Soji
(d. 1864)
11 Feb 1864 - 23 May 1872
Mikpon
(d. 1872)
4 Jun 1872 - 26 Jun 1874 Mesi
II
(d. 1874)
16 Sep 1874 - 7 Feb 1908 Tofa
II
(b. c.1850 - d. 1908)
Chefs supérieurs
10 Feb 1908 - 22 Oct 1913 Gbedisin Tofa III
(d. 1913)
1913 -
1929
Adjikoui Tofa IV
(d.
1929)
1929 -
1930
Toli
(d. 1930)
1930 -
1940
Gbehinto Tofa V
(d. 1940)
1941 - 1947
Gbeso Toyi
1948 - 16 Jul
1976
Alohinto Gbeffa Tofa VI
(d. 1976)
1976 - 1994
Felix Araba Tofa VII
1994 - 1997
Regency
25 Jan 1997 - 2006
Totche Ganfodji Tofa VIII
28 Dec 2007 - 20..
Gbeze Ayontinme Tofa IX
(b. 1957)
20.. - 6 Feb
2020
Kpotozoumè Dèh Hakpon
III
(d. 2020)
Alada (Allada)
c.1550
Fon kingdom of Alada founded by emigrants from Tado
(see Togo traditional states);
known
to French as
Allada or Ardres.
Mar
1724
Conquered by Danhome.
1734
Danhome permits institution of subordinate royalty,
from 1780 belonging to original dynasty.
18 Nov
1891
French protectorate declared.
22 Jun
1894
France re-establishes kingdom.
1909
Annexed by France; royalty continues as chef
supérieur.
Kings (title Ajahutonon or Alada hosu)
c.1590 - 1610
De Kokpon
1610
Avessou Dangawa
1610
Lamadje Pokonu (Kpokponou da Vomadje)
1610 -
16.
Hunungungu (Hounou Gouingoin)
.... -
....
gBagwe (Gba Goue)
.... - Mar
1724
De Adjara (De Chada)
(d. 1724)
1724 -
1742
Mijo Mado
1742 - 1792
Deka
1792 -
1842
Ganwa (Ganhoua)
(d. 1842)
1842 -
1885
Ganji Sinje "Ajahutonon-Kpevi"
(d. 1885)
1885 -
1894
Vacant
1894 -
1909
Gi-Gla I Gunhu
Hugnon
(d. 1909)
Chefs supérieurs
1909 - 15 Dec
1923
Jihento
(d. 1923)
1923 -
1954
Kanfon
(d. 1954)
1954 - c.1991
Gi-gla II
King
2 Dec 1992
-
Kpodégbé Togi Djigla
Bouay
Kings
.... - ....
Suno Totore (Bio Nikki Sira)
[1st
ruler]
.... - ....
Suno Kpere Wonko
.... - ....
Suno Tigam (Sabi Kpasi)
.... - ....
Suno Budega Busson
.... - ....
Suno Kurumbo Sadu (Boro
Massu)
.... - ....
Suno Dogonon Kpuno
.... - ....
Suno Kina (Alfa Ali)
.... - ....
Suno Gurugbeba
.... - ....
Suno Somsigagu Kpuno
.... - ....
Bouay Suno Ganson Gari I
(Kanyense)
c.1897
Bouay Suno Yabeboruguba sari
c.1916
Bouay Suno Kina
c.1918
Bouay Suno Dogo
19.. - 19..
Bouay Suno Wogi
c.1924 - 1955
Bouay Suno Kegiyinnen (1st time)
(d. 1958)
(Kilishi
Yerima)
1955
Kora Woogu-Kanyense (1st time)
1955 - 1958
Bouay Suno Kegiyinnen (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1958 - 1983
Kora Woogu-Kanyense (2nd time)
1983 - 1992
Suno Suru (Yaru Songaba)
1993 - 2002
Mora Yatabu
(b.
19.. - d. 2002)
1993 -
Suno Ganson Gari II (Saka Yerima)
(in
opposition to 2002)
Danhome (Abomey)
1818 - 1858 Flag of King
Gezó
|
c.1600
Fon kingdom of Agbome founded, originating in split
in royal family of Alada.
c.1700
After expansion, kingdom renamed Danhome (known to
Europeans as Dahomey).
5 Aug 1885 - 22 Dec 1887 Portugal declares
a protectorate over Dahomey.
15 Jan
1894
Danhome defeated by France, is split into successor
kingdom
of Agbome (Abomey) and restored kingdom of Alada (Allada).
12 Feb
1900
Agbome (Abomey) annexed by France; royalty continues.
Kings (title Ahosu)
c.1600 -
c.1625
Do-Aklin (Gangnihessou)
c.1625 -
1645
Dakodonu (Dakodonou)
(d. 1645)
1645
Ganye Hesu
1645 -
1685
Wegaja (Wegbaja)(Houegbadja)
(d. 1685)
1685 - 1716
Akaba
"Wibega"
(b. 16.. - d. 1716)
1685 - 1718
Hangbe (Ahangbe)(f) -Regent
1718 - 1740
Agadja Trudo
"Tossu"
(b. 1673? - d. 1740)
1740 - 17 May
1774
Tegbesu (Tegbessou)
"Avissu" (b. 1703? -
d. 1774)
1774 - 17 Apr
1789
Kpengla
"Guansuna"
(b. 1735? - d. 1789)
1789 - 1 May
1797 Agonglo
"Sindozan"
(b. 1766? - d. 1797)
May 1797 -
1818
Adandozan
"Madogugu"
(d. 1861)
(possibly originally regent to 1804)
1818 - Dec
1858
Gezó "Gbalangbe,"
"Zedoko"
(d. 1858)
Dec 1858 - 29 Dec 1889 Glèlè
"Kinikini," "Ahogla,"
"Togodo,"
"Basagla"
(d. 1889)
30 Dec 1889 - 15 Jan 1894 Gbehanzin (Béhanzin)
"Chadakogundo"(b. 1844 - d. 1906)
15 Jan 1894 -
1940
Agoli Agbo I
(in exile 12 Feb 1900-1910)
1940 -
1948
Aidododo
1948 -
1983
Togni-Ahoussou
1986? -
1989
Joseph Langanfin?
30 Sep 1989 - 2 Jul 2018 Agoli Agbo Dédjalagni
(b. 1935? - d. 2018)
22 Jan 2000 - 30 Dec 2012 Houédogni Béhanzin
(rival king) (b. 1943 - d. 2013)
12 Jan 2019 - 17 Dec 2021 Dada Kêfa Sagbadjou
Glèlè (b. 1934? - d.
2021)
22 Jan 2022
-
Georges Collinet Béhanzin
Viceroys of Ajudá (title from 1821, Chacha/Xaxa)
(appointed by the kings of Danhome [Dahomey])
1818 - 4 May
1849
Francisco Félix de
Souza
(b. 1754 - d. 1849)
(Chacha I)
1849 - 3 Jul
1858
Isidoro Félix de
Souza
(b. c.1802 - d. 1858)
(Chacha II)
1858 - 18..
António Félix
Kokou Adékpéti (b. 1814 -
d. 1885?)
(Chacha III)[dismissed]
18.. - 1864
Ignacio Félix de Souza
(Chacha III)[disappeared]
1864 - 23 Jul
1880 Francisco
"Chico" Félix de Souza (b. 1824 - d.
1880)
(Chacha III)
1880 -
1887
Julião Félix de
Souza
(b. 1832 - d. 1887)
(Chacha IV)
1887 - 1888
Lino Félix de Souza
(b. 1830 - d.
1888)
(Chacha V)
1888 -
1917
Vacant
1917 -
1956
Norberto Francisco de
Souza (b. 1879
- d. 1956)
(Chacha VI)
1956 - 1961
Grégoire Estève de Souza -Regent
(b. 1899 - d. 1978)
(1st
time)
1961 - 1969
Jérôme Anastasio António de Souza (b.
1884 - d. 1961)
(Chacha VII)
1970 - 1978
Grégoire Estève de Souza -Regent
(s.a.)
(2nd
time)
1978 - 1991
Julien Feliciano Julião de
Souza (b. 1907 - d. 1991)
(president of regency council)
1991 - 1995
Honoré Féliciano de Souza -Regent
7 Oct 1995 - 23 Oct 2014 Honoré Féliciano
Julião de Souza (b. 1930 -
d. 2014)
(Chacha VIII)
(enthroned 16 Feb 1996)
Dassa
c.1600
Yoruba kingdom of Dassa founded.
c.1800
Conquered by Danhome.
1889
Independent of Danhome, under French protectorate.
Rulers (title Oba)
.... - ....
Origi
.... - ....
Araye
.... - ....
Okemou
.... - ....
Oyoubo
.... - ....
Agou
.... - ....
Osoy
.... - ....
Araka
.... - ....
Ayaba
.... - ....
Kinyoun
.... - ....
Nana
.... - ....
Ojo
.... - ....
Egba Kotan I
.... - ....
Sokoti
.... - ....
Arisi
.... - 1889
Amoro
(d. 1889)
1889 -
....
Ajikin Zomaw I
.... -
1941
Abisi
Oyo
(d. 1941)
13 Jun 1941 - 24 Jul 1942 Awo
Alagi
(d. 1942)
1942 - .....
Bernardin Zomaw II
3 Mar 2002 -
Egba Kotan II
Fitta
c.1700
Mahi state of Fitta founded.
Rulers
1800?
Ayaba Abaoke
18.. -
18..
Ajiba Abaoke
18.. -
18..
Zigbale
18.. -
18..
Limu Madu Zohun "Adakpe"
18.. -
18..
....
1894?
Dikple
Gwande
....
Berba state of Gwande founded.
Rulers
.... -
....
Kasa
.... -
....
Wimbo Kasa I
.... -
....
Kandikoni
.... -
....
Nyami I
.... -
....
Dari
.... -
....
Kunyati
.... -
....
Sakwa
.... -
....
Ikori
.... -
....
Wimbo Kasa II
.... -
....
Nambo
.... -
....
Nyami II
.... -
....
Yani
Icha
c.1800
Yoruba state of Icha founded.
Rulers
.... -
....
Baba Akete
.... -
....
Lauru
.... -
....
Obinti
.... -
....
Akan Aku
.... -
....
Kase Kpe
.... -
....
Lauru Tofa
.... -
....
Lauru Tonyon
.... -
....
Lauro Bezon
.... -
....
Lauru Asogba
1920?
Lauru
Jugu (Djougou)
c.1750
Gurmanche state of Jugu (or Sugu) founded.
Rulers (title Ajahutonon [or Alada])
c.1750 - ....
Kurugu I [1st ruler]
.... - ....
Kurugu II
.... -
....
Nyora I
.... - ....
Kpe Toni I
.... - 1800
Kurugu III
1800 -
1815
Bangba Nyora
II
(d. 1815)
1815 -
18..
Kpe Toni II
18.. -
18..
Kurugu IV Atakora I
18.. -
1880
Nyora
III
(d. 1880)
1880 - 28 Jul
1899 Kpe
Toni
III
(d. 1899)
11 Aug 1899 -
1900
Baba Jimba
13 Feb 1900 -
19..
Atakora II
19.. -
19..
Kpe Toni IV
19.. -
19..
Kpe Toni V
4 Mar 1998
-
Kpe Toni VI Kodi
(b. 1939)
(crowned 13 Apr 2013)
Kandi
c.1700
Bariba (Borgu) state of Kandi founded.
Rulers (title Saka)
.... - ....
Zibiri I
(Niampangukunon)
.... - ....
Lolo Kunon
.... - ....
Fafanzi Kunon Oure
.... - ....
Barikali I
.... - ....
Minti I
.... - ....
Kakaye Reku
.... - ....
Kina Gezere I
.... - ....
Lafia I
.... - ....
Zibiri II
.... - ....
Bassa Yawa
.... -
....
Bagu I
.... -
....
Bukunene
.... -
....
Barikali II
.... -
....
Minti II
.... -
....
Kina Dogo "Donsarukpunon"
.... -
....
Gezere II
.... -
1911
Lafia
II
(d. 1911)
1911 -
1929
Zibiri
III
(d. 1929)
1929 - 1957
Bagu II
1957 - 1988
Sabi Goro Bukunene II
1988 - 1990
Barikali III
1990 - 1998
Lafia Noel Kina
1998 -
Yusuf Gera Lafia III
Ketu
c.1500
Yoruba state moved its capital to Ketu.
1886 -
1893
Conquered by Danhome.
1893
Restored by France under protectorate.
1963
State extinguished.
Rulers (title Oba, also styled Alaketu)
1795 -
1816
Ajibolu
(d. 1816)
1816 -
1853
Adebiya
(d. 1853)
1853 - Dec
1858
Adegbede
(d. 1858)
Dec 1858 -
1867
Adiro
1867 -
1883
Osun
Ojeku
(d. 1883)
1883 -
1886
Agidigbo Hungbo -Regent
1893 -
1894
Ida (f) -Regent
13 Feb 1894 -
1918
Oyengen
(d. 1918)
1918 -
1936
Ademufekun
Dudu
(d. 1936)
1937 -
1963
Alamu Adewori Adegibite
23 Jan 1964 - 2004?
Pascal Adeoti Adetutu
(d. 2004?)
17 Dec 2005 -
Alaro Alade-Ife
Kika
Rulers
.... - ....
Sina-Kpewonka (Bom Wokuru)
.... - ....
Sina-Mukutundu
.... - ....
Sina-Agbiaru
.... - ....
Kakoosusori
.... - ....
....
.... - ....
Sina-Buko Tunku
.... - ....
Sina-Buko Googa I
.... - ....
Sina Guna
.... - ....
Ganguroswaabu
.... - 1954
Sina Gamigi
(d. 1954)
1954 - 1972
Sina Buko Googa II
1972 - Feb 1990
Sina Guma
Feb 1990 - 1 Apr 1991 Regency
1 Ap 1991 -
Gagorosuambou
Kwande (Kuande)
1790
Bariba (Borgu) state of Kwande founded.
Rulers (title Bangana)
1790 -
1804
Woru Wari I
"Taburufa"
(d. 1804)
1804 -
1816
Woru Suru I "Baba
Tantame"
(d. 1816)
1816 -
1833
Soru I
(d. 1833)
1833
Bio
Doko
(d. 1833)
1833 -
1852
Buku Ya Dari "Ginimu
Siku"
(d. 1852)
1852 -
1883
Wonkuru
"Tabuko"
(d. 1883)
1883 -
1897
Woru Wari
II
(d. 1897)
5 Mar 1898 - 2 May 1904
Suanru
(d. 1904)
May 1904 - Feb
1929 Gunu Deke
"Dogo Imorou"
(d. 1929)
9 Dec 1929 - 19 Jan 1943 Woru Suru
II
(d. 1943)
4 Sep 1943 - Jul 1949
Soru
II
(d. 1949)
1 Jan 1950 - 11 Jul 1957 Woru Wari III
"Tunku Cessi"
(d. 1957)
20 Jan 1958 - 1961
Imoru
Dogo
(d. 1961)
1961? - 28 Sep 2004 Woru
Suru
III
(d. 2004)
2005
-
Soru III
Nikki
....
Nikki, the second-ranking kingdom in Borgu, founded;
(for
the premier Borgu kingdom, Bussa, as well as Kaiama:
see Nigeria
traditional states).
Rulers (title Sarkin Nikki)
.... - ....
Seru Kpera I "Barasobekpuno"
.... - ....
Kpe Lafia I Swaaru "Gambru"
.... - ....
Seru Kora I "Kora Wodi", "Bakaru"
.... - ....
Seru Betete
.... - ....
Kpe Sumera I "Tokobu"
.... - ....
Seru Tasu I "Tokobu
Mora Lusi"
.... - ....
Seru Toru
.... - ....
Kpe Sumera II "Sabi Turukasa",
"Nyonkalakale"
.... - ....
Kpe Sumera III "Banurugi"
.... - ....
Kpe Sumera IV "Gbaso"
.... - ....
Sabi Nayena II "Ganukpuno"
.... - ....
Sabi Wure Senawe
.... -
....
Kpe Gunu II "Giribusike"
.... -
....
Seru Kpera II "Illorinkpuno"
.... -
.... Kpe
Sumera
V "Ningurumekpuno"
.... -
....
Kpe
Gunu III "Yoromkire" Bio Bubari
.... - 1837
Sero
Kpera III "Darukpara",
(d. 1837)
"Yamarekpuno"
1837 -
18..
Kpe
Lafia II "Seru Soro"
18.. -
18..
Sero
Kpera IV "Gbaso"
18.. -
18..
Kpe Sumera VI (Karakoari = Tokobu)
"Boko"
18.. -
18..
Seru Tasu II "Basaaru Kpuno"
18.. - Nov
1897
Seru Toru II "Wunko"
(Seru Turinka = Sina
Toru) (d. 1897)
1898 -
1901
Kpe Sumera VII "Konde"
(d. 1901)
1901 -
1915
Seru Toru III "Kpaso," "Suanru" (d.
1915)
1915 -
1917
Seru Kora II "Sabi Purka"
(d. 1917)
1917 -
1924
Sabi Nayena "Woru Yoru"
(d. 1924)
1924 -
1928
Seru Toru IV "Gesere Tunku"
(d. 1928)
1928 -
1932
Seru Kpera V "Mamudu"
(d. 1932)
1932 -
1938
Kpe Gunu IV
"Kobagari"
(d. 1938)
1938 -
1952
Kpe Gunu V "Sabi Yerima"
(d. 1952)
1952 -
1957
Kpe Lafia III "Seru Mamudu"
(d. 1957)
1957 - 1 Apr 1970
Seru Kpera VI
"Saka Mivera" (d. 1970)
1970 - 10 Dec 1991
Seru Tasu III "Isakpe Gunu"
(d. 1991)
1992 - 12 Apr 2014
Seru Kora II "Yermia Banesi" (b.
1912? - d. 2014)
2 Aug 2014 - 19 Oct 2022 Sabi Naïna
III
(b. 1944? - d. 2022)
Paraku
c.1700
Bariba (Borgu) state of Paraku founded.
Rulers (title Akpaki)
.... -
....
Akpaki Duro Bekuru I
.... -
....
Akpaki Atagara
.... -
....
Akpaki Timkpopo
.... -
....
Akpaki Yereku
.... -
....
Akpaki Gobinyesse
.... -
....
Akpaki Tinra I
.... -
....
Akpaki Bukukinmin
.... -
....
Buru Borassi
1894?
Akpaki Lafia
189. -
1895
Buru
"Gingirekpunon"
(d. 1895)
1895
Buru
Donborigi
(d. 1895)
1895 -
1927
Buru
Gessere
(d. 1927)
1927 -
1942
Akpaki Tinra
II
(d. 1942)
1942 -
1952
Buru Donkakuson
II
(d. 1952)
1952 - 1974
Akpaki Duro Bekuru II
1974 - Jul 1995
Akpaki Lafia II
28 Dec 1995 - 12 Oct 2004 Akpaki Dagbara
II
(b. 1942 - d. 2004)
12 Sep 2012 - 21 Sep 2014 Akpaki Boukou Kinnin II
(b.
1936 - d. 2014)
20 Sep 2017
-
Akpaki Gobi Yinsè II
Sabe
Note: The available records
for this Yoruba state are fragmentary and conflicting;
there is a long line of rulers styled Ola, and
the recent rulers are said by one source to alternate
between descendants of either of two brothers. The
present record contains only a fragment.
Rulers (title Onisabe)
- list version 1 -
1803 -
1818
Ola Obe "Yai,"
"Woru"
(d. 1818)
1818 -
....
Ola Mone
.... -
....
Ola Akikenju
- list version 2 -
1738 - 1765
Ola Obe
1765 - 17..
Ola Jagbo
1770 - 1795
Ola Aemon
1795
Ola Monen
1795 - 1825
Akikenju
1825 - 1840
Balogun Kosoni
(d. 1840)
(usurper)
1840 - 1845
Inen Mego (f)
1845 - 1852
Oba Otewa
1852 - 1880
Interregnum
1880 - 1887
Oba Alamun
1887 - 1915
Oba Akemum
1915 - 1945
Oba Adegboye
1945 - 1947
Oba Adeyemi
1947 - 1963
Oba Ademoyegun
1963 - .....
Oba Adeggrfolu Kola Wole
..... - ....
Oba Adegamife
23 Jun 2005 -
Oba Adetutu Akinmu
(b. 1948)
Sandiro
1858
Split into Sandiro and Ilesha.
Rulers
.... - ....
Suno Sani "Sinara Moshi Yero"
.... - ....
Sina Agbiyani I "Sabi Yakubua"
.... - ....
Sina Deru
.... - ....
Sina Dagbara
.... - ....
Wene Tokoru
.... - ....
Nora Sato
.... - ....
Mora Gurubaru
.... - ....
Sabi Ankuri
.... - ....
Mora Kuno
.... - ....
Mora Lafia I
.... - ....
Agbiyaru Moshikpuno
.... - ....
Sina Deru Gbohokpuno
.... - 1852
Sabi Dagbara Sandirogi
(d. 1852)
1852 - 1917
Vacant?
1917 - 1963
Mora Lafia II "Yoru Yerima"
1963 - 1967
Mora Lafia Swaaru "Bio Yerima Swaaru"
1967 - 1995
Sabi Dagbara II "Bio Soldier"
1996 - 1998
Sabi Agbiyaru "Wene Biokeu"
1998 - 2002
Vacant
2002 -
Sina Deeru "Asaburu Mora"
Ilesha
1858
Split from Sandrio.
Rulers
1858 - 1869
Sabi Derekureku I
1869 - 1872
Wene Tokoru "Sinawono Yonka"
1872 - 1898
Wene Agbiyaru II "Irangobi"
1898 - 1906
Sabi Dagbara I "Wagana"
1906 - 1910
Sabi Hankuri Jato I "Swanru",
"Gambaringobi"
1910 - 1916
Suno Mora II
1916 - 1917
Sabi Hankuri II "Bio
Yerima"
1917 - 1924
Sina Deru II "Abigoga"
1924 - 1944
Dere Kureku Sabi II
1944 - 1959
Suno Mora III "Aso Sinannsigi"
28 Aug 1960 - 24 Dec 1974 Sabi Hankuri
III "Abubakar Bio Gewo"
3 Apr 1975 - 26 Dec 1999 Sabi Hankuri
Jato IV
15 Oct 2000 -
Derekureku III
Savalu
c.1650
Mahi state of Savalu founded.
Rulers
1600 - 1618
Gbagidi I Ahossou
Soha
1618 - 1657
Adigbli -Regent
1657 - 1700
Avo -Regent
1700 - 1722
Poki -Regent
1722 - ....
Akpata
.... - ....
Gbagidi II Tchaow Aditi
.... - 1795?
Gbagidi
IIII Balgo
1795? - ....
Gbagidi
IV Jeizo Bonanaglo
.... -
1821
Gbagidi V Bedebu
(d. 1821)
1821 -
1863
Gbagidi VI Nyunyisso
(d. 1863)
1863 -
1885
Gbagidi VII Lintonon
(d. 1885)
1885 -
1902
Gbagidi VIII Zundegla
(d. 1902)
(= Zundegla Nozin Wandodo)
14 Jul 1902 - 4 Feb 1928 Gbagidi IX
Nyumoan
(d. 1928)
1928 - 1937
Gbagidi X Bahinon
1938 - 1983
Gbagidi XI Gandigbe
1983 - 2002
Houessonlin Gbaguidi
XII
(b. 19.. - d. 2002)
2002 -
2006
Vacant
2006 - 18 Sep 2014
Tossoh Gbaguidi
XIII
(b. 19.. - d. 2014)
Feb 2015 - 29 Jan 2020 Gandjègni Awoyo
Gbaguidi XIV (b. 1956? - d.
2020)
May 2022
-
Gangnihoun Tonafa Ganfon Gbaguidi
XV
Savi Hweda
c.1580
Fon state of Savi Hweda founded (known locally
as - Glexwe/Glehoue,
spelt in
old literature as - Hueda, Whidah, Whydah, Whidaw,
Ajuda, Juida, and Juda; in Yoruba:
Igelefe, in French: Ouidah).
9 Mar
1727
Conquered by and incorporated into Danhome,
but royalty
continues.
30 Nov
1891
French protectorate (effective from 3 Dec 1892).
Rulers
c.1580 -
c.1620
Haholo
c.1620 -
c.1640
Kpassé
c.1640 -
16..
....
16.. -
16..
....
1670? - 1703
Ayohuan (Ayohwan)
(or Agbangla)
1703 -
1708
Aysan (= Amah)
1708 - 1727
Hufon
(Huffon)
(d. 1733)
1727 - 1753
....
1753 - 1774
Sagbe
Dec 1774 -
1775
Agbami (Agbamy)
Danhome governors
Mar 1727 -
1744
Dassu
1744 -
c.1765
Dedele
c.1765 -
....
Sekplon
.... -
....
Bassoh
.... -
c.1868
....
Rulers
1776 - 1802
Akanmou
1804 - 1819
Dèkpon
1820 - 1843
Dèdé
1844 - 1857
Dèdji
c.1868 -
1879
Adjossogbé
1879 -
c.1882
Zinhummé
c.1882 -
c.1884
Seklocka
c.1884 -
c.1887
Aguessi Dagba
c.1887 -
c.1890
Jagba
c.1890 -
1898
Nagbododhone
2006? -
Mitodaho
Kpassenhon
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