# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/houegbadja
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:17:34.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/houegbadja"
name: "Houegbadja"
slug: "houegbadja"
description: "Houegbadja or Wegbaja or Aho was a King in the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, from around 1645 until 1685. Houegbadja followed his father Dakodonou to the throne and formed much of the administration and religious practices for the Kingdom of Dahomey. Because of this he is often credited as the First King of Dahomey."
tagline: "King of Dahomey"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hou%C3%A9gbadja_dessin_de_Cyr_Raoul_Sehou-houindo.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1685"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.019007999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BE_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B5%D2%91%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0"
    title: "Ахо Хуеґбаджа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houegbadja"
    title: "Houegbadja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houegbadja"
    title: "Houegbadja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou%C3%A9gbadja"
    title: "Houégbadja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fon.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aho_Houegbadja"
    title: "Aho Houegbadja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aho_Houegbadja"
    title: "Aho Houegbadja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uebaj%C3%A1"
    title: "Uebajá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houegbadja"
    title: "Houegbadja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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