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Ghezo

1790 - 1858

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Ghezo, also spelled Gezo, was King of Dahomey (present-day Republic of Benin) from 1818 until 1858. Ghezo replaced his brother Adandozan (who ruled from 1797 to 1818) as king through a coup with the assistance of the Brazilian slave trader Francisco Félix de Sousa. He ruled over the kingdom during a tumultuous period, punctuated by the British blockade of the ports of Dahomey in order to stop the Atlantic slave trade. Ghezo ended Dahomey's tributary status to the Oyo Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ghezo is the 12,589th most popular politician (down from 12,037th in 2019). (down from 2,978th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Ghezo ranks 12,590 out of 19,576. Before him are Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Ernest von Koerber, Sayf ad-Din Inal, Ivan Shuvalov, René Harris, Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza. After him are Ralf Törngren, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Nanfadima Magassouba, and Xu Caihou.

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Among people born in 1790, Ghezo ranks 36. Before him are William Smith, Johann Jakob Heckel, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, John Cockerill, James Pradier, and Juan Lindo. After him are Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Ferenc Kölcsey, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Claude Pouillet, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, and Ignaz von Rudhart. Among people deceased in 1858, Ghezo ranks 41. Before him are Sigismund von Neukomm, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Johann Baptist Cramer, Julius Reubke, Joseph Paul Gaimard, and Richard Bright. After him are Francisco Antonio Pinto, Jhalkaribai, José de la Riva Agüero, Georgios Kountouriotis, José Gregorio Monagas, and Johanna Kinkel.

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