# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dakodonou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:57:19.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dakodonou"
name: "Dakodonou"
slug: "dakodonou"
description: "Dakodonou, Dakodonu, Dako Donu or Dako Danzo was an early king of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, ruling from around 1620 until 1645. Oral tradition recounts that Dakodonu was the son of Do-Aklin, the founder of the royal dynasty of Dahomey, and the father to Houegbadja, often considered the founder of the Kingdom of Dahomey. In addition, it is said that Dakodonu killed a local chieftain and founded the capital city upon the site. However, some recent historical analysis contends that Dakodonu was added into the royal line in the 18th century to legitimize the ruling dynasty over the indigenous inhabitants of the Abomey plateau."
tagline: "King of Dahomey"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Symbole_de_Dako_Donou_roi_du_Dahomey_au_mur_de_la_place_Goho_%C3%A0_Abomey_au_B%C3%A9nin.jpg/330px-Symbole_de_Dako_Donou_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: "1600"
deathDate: "1645"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.558605333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83"
    title: "Дакодону"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakodonu"
    title: "Dakodonu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakodonou"
    title: "Dakodonou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakodonou"
    title: "Dakodonou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakodonou"
    title: "Dakodonou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fon.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakodonou"
    title: "Dakodonou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakodonou"
    title: "Dakodonou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakodonu"
    title: "Dakodonu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacodonu"
    title: "Dacodonu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakodonou"
    title: "Dakodonou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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