Tegbesu -

1732-1774 (Museu Afro-Brasileiro) König der Aladahonu-Dynastie: Nachfolger von Hwegbadja, Akaba, Agajá - seine Nachfolger: Adanzan, Gheso (vgl. auch Agotime); "Tegbesu, who ruled from 1728 to 1775, sold five priestesses of the earth cult with heir disciples. This king was especially troubled by plots to unseat him, so that not alone priests but many princes and their accomplices who held office in court were dis­posed of in the same way" (Herskovits II 88f.).

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