Ewedo

Mortal-tier 4th Oba of Benin (~1255 CE per Egharevba 1968). Birth-name Efabo. Through the Uzama-to-Ogbe palace relocation and the establishment of the three palace associations (Iwebo / Iweguae / Ibiwe) reorganized the kingdom's administrative architecture in ways that persisted for the rest of the dynasty. Renamed the kingdom from Igodomigodo (the Ogiso-era name) to Ubini (= Bini, modern "Benin"). Five generations from the quartigod founder Eweka I — registers as mortal-floor with divine-line annotation through the Oranmiyan-Eweka dynastic chain.

Children

• Oguola

Powers

• kingship edo foundation reform
• administrative architecture

Relations

• ancestor of: Ewuare the GreatEwedo (4th Oba) is the lineal ancestor of Ewuare the Great in the Egharevba king-list; his son Oguola already encodes the direct link.Egharevba, A Short History of Benin (1968), king-list (Ewedo 4th Oba; Ewuare 12th Oba) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Egharevba, A Short History of Benin (1968, the canonical primary chronicle of the Eweka dynasty) (secondary); Bradbury, The Benin Kingdom and the Edo-speaking Peoples (1957) (secondary); Edo Benin oral tradition; Benin City palace archaeology (primary)