Benin buries ancestral king of Dahomey
The ancestral king of Dahomey, Dah Agoli Agbo, pictured in 儀式の regalia in 2004
Benin has buried Dah Dedjalagni Agoli-Agbo, 君主 of the former militaristic kingdom of Dahomey, after he "returned to the realm of his ancestors," a 法廷，裁判所 公式の／役人 said on Tuesday.
The 君主, whose age was a 事柄 of 論争 but was said by his younger brother to have been 84, was interred 夜通し Monday only hours after his demise in line with 王室の tradition, Dah Avoussibesse Tozonnou Adimagbe said.
"Sadness has 侵略するd the 王室の palace of Gbindo," the 公式の／役人 said, reached by phone, using a synonym as it is タブー to について言及する the word "death" after the king's demise.
A police officer by training who had 41 wives, Agoli-Agbo was the 最新の in a long line of 君主s to the 王位 of Dahomey. He acceded in 2010.
The kingdom 存在するd for nearly 400 years until its last 判決，裁定 king, Behanzin, was 敗北・負かすd by the French in 1894, and the country became 会社にする／組み込むd into フラン's West African empire.
The kingdom was a major 地域の 力／強力にする built on conquest and the slave 貿易（する）, but also fostered major 作品 of art and had an all-女性（の） 軍の 部隊 that the French called the "アマゾンs of Dahomey".
Modern-day kings of Dahomey have no 力／強力にするs under Benin's 憲法 but 保持する much political and 経済的な 影響（力）.
A date for Agoli-Agbo's funeral will be decided by the next king, the palace said. The 肩書を与える has been 論争d by さまざまな 支店s of the family since 1989.
