Aho Houegbadja was the third King of Dahomey. He succeeded his uncle, Dakodonou, and ruled from 1645 to 1685.
Houegbadja was the first of the dynasty to set up the kingdom in Abomey proper: he founded the city by building his palace (named "Agbome"--in the midst of the ramparts) near the area of Guedevi, a few kilometers to the northwest of Bohicon. He was a wise ruler, respected by the people. He enacted laws, named ministers and developed the bureaucracy, religious cult, and political culture that would characterize Dahomey. Houegbadja's symbols were a fish (houe), fish trap (adja), and war club hoe (kpota).
Houegbadja was succeded by his son, Houessou Akaba.
Houegbadja was the first of the dynasty to set up the kingdom in Abomey proper: he founded the city by building his palace (named "Agbome"--in the midst of the ramparts) near the area of Guedevi[?], a few kilometers to the northwest of Bohicon[?].
Houegbadja's symbols were a fish (houe[?]), fish trap (adja), and war club hoe (kpota[?]).
Houegbadja was succeded by his son, Houessou Akaba.
Dakodonou is portrayed as a brutal and violent man. His symbols were an indigo jar (a reference to his murder of a certain indigo planter named Donou and whose name he appended to his own original name, 'Dako'), a tinder box, and a war club.
Houegbadja was the first of the dynasty to set up the kingdom in Abomey proper: he founded the city by building his palace (named "Agbome"in the midst of the ramparts) near the area of Guedevi, a few kilometers to the northwest of Bohicon.
He succeeded his father, Aho Houegbadja, and ruled from 1685 to 1704.
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