Orompoto
Sign in to saveAjiun Orompotoniyun, better known as Orompoto (also spelled Oronpoto) was an Alaafin of the Oyo Empire in West Africa, the first female Alaafin to be precise. The empire of which she ruled is located in what is modern day western and north-central Nigeria.
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- Person.name
- Orompoto
- Person.birth_date
- 16th century
- Person.birth_place
- Oyo Empire (present-day Nigeria)
- Person.citizenship
- Yoruba
- Person.occupation
- Alaafin of Oyo
- Person.known_for
- First female Alaafin of Oyo; cavalry innovations; victory against Nupe (1555)
- Person.predecessor
- Eguguojo
- Person.successor
- Ajiboyede
- Person.title
- Alaafin of Oyo
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Ajiun Orompotoniyun, better known as Orompoto (also spelled Oronpoto) was an Alaafin of the Oyo Empire in West Africa, the first female Alaafin to be precise. The empire of which she ruled is located in what is modern day western and north-central Nigeria.
==History== Orompoto was the sister of her predecessor, Eguguojo. She became the first woman to become King of Oyo Orompoto assumed the throne because there was no male successor within her family at the time. She helped drive the Nupe from Oyo in 1555. Orompoto lived in the 16th century.