Polities

Kingdom of Dahomey

Citation Formats

General Reference

History Atlas. "Kingdom of Dahomey." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/kingdom-of-dahomey.

APA Style

History Atlas. (n.d.). Kingdom of Dahomey. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/kingdom-of-dahomey

BibTeX

@misc{historyatlas-kingdom-of-dahomey,
  author = {History Atlas},
  title = {Kingdom of Dahomey},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/kingdom-of-dahomey},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within the present-day Republic of Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Its ninth king, Glele, ruled from 1858 until 1889 and was succeeded by his son Behanzin, its eleventh king, who ruled from 1889 to 1894.

Facts

Capital

Abomey 1

Start Year

1600 1

Infobox gives a circa founding year.

End Year

1904 1

Cross-Tradition Connections