King Ghezo of Dahomey

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King Ghezo of Dahomey was a 19th-century West African monarch known for strengthening the Kingdom of Dahomey through military expansion, participation in the Atlantic slave trade, and significant internal reforms.

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Label	Occurrences
King of Dahomey	7
Ahosu of Dahomey	2
King Ghezo of Dahomey canonical	1
kings of Dahomey	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12111778 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: King Ghezo of Dahomey
Context triple: [Abeokuta wars, associatedWithRuler, King Ghezo of Dahomey]

A. King Glele
King Glele was a 19th-century monarch of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, known for consolidating its power, expanding its military campaigns, and engaging in complex trade and diplomatic relations with European powers.
B. Oba of Benin
The Oba of Benin is the paramount traditional monarch of the Benin Kingdom in present-day southern Nigeria, revered as a cultural, spiritual, and historical custodian of the Edo people.
C. Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom
The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom is the paramount traditional monarch and cultural custodian of the Gbaramatu Ijaw people in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.
D. Tata of Sikasso
The Tata of Sikasso is a historic defensive fortification system in Sikasso, Mali, renowned for its massive earthen walls built in the 19th century to protect the city from invasions.
E. King Béhanzin
King Béhanzin was the last independent king of Dahomey, renowned for his fierce resistance against French colonial conquest in the late 19th century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: King Ghezo of Dahomey
Target entity description: King Ghezo of Dahomey was a 19th-century West African monarch known for strengthening the Kingdom of Dahomey through military expansion, participation in the Atlantic slave trade, and significant internal reforms.

A. King Glele
King Glele was a 19th-century monarch of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, known for consolidating its power, expanding its military campaigns, and engaging in complex trade and diplomatic relations with European powers.
B. Oba of Benin
The Oba of Benin is the paramount traditional monarch of the Benin Kingdom in present-day southern Nigeria, revered as a cultural, spiritual, and historical custodian of the Edo people.
C. Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom
The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom is the paramount traditional monarch and cultural custodian of the Gbaramatu Ijaw people in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.
D. Tata of Sikasso
The Tata of Sikasso is a historic defensive fortification system in Sikasso, Mali, renowned for its massive earthen walls built in the 19th century to protect the city from invasions.
E. King Béhanzin
King Béhanzin was the last independent king of Dahomey, renowned for his fierce resistance against French colonial conquest in the late 19th century.
F. None of above. chosen