Editing Adandozan (section)

==Rise to power==
[[Agonglo]]'s (1789-1797) reign had been very contentious ending in his assassination by a brother, Dogan. The slave trade had been largely disrupted for two decades by the [[Oyo empire]], the lack of military success by Dahomey, and European traders changing their focus (the French abolished slavery in 1794 and the British and Portuguese had stopped relying on Dahomey's ports). The result was that when Agonglo died there was a large scale upheaval led by various factions, but this ended on May 5, 1797 with the appointment of Adandozan, the second oldest son of Agonglo as the new king.<ref name=Akinjogbin>{{cite book|last=Akinjogbin|first=I.A.|title=Dahomey and Its Neighbors: 1708-1818|year=1967|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref>  However, because Adandozan was young at the time, the first seven years of his rule were held by a regency of various elder statesmen.  In 1804, he became old enough to formally rule with his own authority but the regency members retained importance.<ref name=Akinjogbin />

One story contends that Adandozan's younger brother Ghezo had actually been named the heir to Agonglo and that Adandozan was merely a regent.  However, that Adondozan refused to relinquish the throne when Ghezo was old enough. This story is doubted by historian Akinjogbin as an invention by Ghezo to justify his coup against Adandozan.<ref name=Akinjogbin />