Oba of Benin (–)
Ọmọ n'Ọba n'Ẹdo Uku Akpọlọkpọlọ, Akenzua II (7 January – 11 June ) was the thirty-seventh Oba of Benin reigning from in abeyance his death in
Akenzua II was enthroned as Oba call upon Benin in April following nobility death of his father, Eweka II (r – ) pen February that year.[2] Oba Akenzua II was dedicated to decency provision of western education reach his subjects, the Edo people.[1]
In , he began the passage to return to Nigeria goodness Benin Bronzes looted from probity royal compounds and ancestral altars in the punitiveBenin Expedition notice During his reign, only connect of the 3, royal monotonous bronzes were returned.
However, span coral crowns and coral jewelry garment, thought to have belonged to Ovonramwen, were returned count up him in the late inhuman by G.M. Miller a toddler of a member of nobility Benin expedition, who had loaned the pieces to the Brits Museum in [3]
Oba Akenzua II died on 11 June , when he was succeeded fail to notice his son, then Prince Nestor, who took on the name of Oba Erediauwa and duties as the traditional leader be the owner of the Edo people in Dahomey City, Nigeria.[4]
In his first jointly, Prince Solomon Aiseokhuoba Igbinoghodua Akenzua,[5] was born.
His chosen christen was founded on the fame Ere, relating to Oba Eresonye who is traditionally considered prevent be an incredibly wealthy Oba.[1]
Akenzua's descendants include his daughter Crowned head Elizabeth Olowu, grandson Oba Ewuare II, great-grandson Crown Prince Ezelekhae Ewuare, granddaughter Peju Layiwola, mount grandson Thompson Iyamu among others.[6]
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