# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/agonglo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:01:16.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/agonglo"
name: "Agonglo"
slug: "agonglo"
description: "Agonglo was a King of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, from 1789 until 1797. Agonglo took over from his father King Kpengla in 1789 and inherited many of the economic problems that developed during Kpengla's reign. Because of the poor economy, Agonglo was often constrained by domestic opposition. As a response, he reformed many of the economic policies and did military expeditions to try to increase the supply for the Atlantic slave trade. Many of these efforts were unsuccessful and European traders became less active in the ports of the kingdom. As a final effort, Agonglo accepted two Portuguese Catholic missionaries which resulted in a large outcry in royal circles and resulted in his assassination on May 1, 1797. Adandozan, his second oldest son, was named the new king."
tagline: "King of Dahomey"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Symbole_de_Agonglo_roi_du_Dahomey_au_mur_de_la_place_Goho_%C3%A0_Abomey_au_B%C3%A9nin.jpg/330px-Symbole_de_Agonglo_roi_du_Dahomey_au_mur_de_la_place_Goho_%C3%A0_Abomey_au_B%C3%A9nin.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1766"
deathDate: "1797"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.34
  momentum:             3.830265524172222
  historical:           7.881822666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Агонгло"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonglo"
    title: "Agonglo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonglo"
    title: "Agonglo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonglo"
    title: "Agonglo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fon.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonglo"
    title: "Agonglo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonglo"
    title: "Agonglo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonglo"
    title: "Agonglo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agongl%C3%B4"
    title: "Agonglô"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonglo"
    title: "Agonglo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump