Chief Izevbokun Oshodin in full royal regalia during one of the royal festivals

Izevbokun Oshodin (also Izevbokun Osodin) (c. 1850–1929) was a chief in the ancient

Benin Empire The Kingdom of Benin, also known as the Edo Kingdom, or the Benin Empire ( Bini: ') was a kingdom within what is now southern Nigeria. It has no historical relation to the modern republic of Benin, which was known as Dahomey from the 17th c ...

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of Nigeria. He was one of the loyal

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of Oba (king)

Ovonramwen Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (ruled 1888–1897), also called Overami, was the Ọba (king) of the Kingdom of Benin up until the British punitive expedition of 1897. Born circa 1857, he was the son of Ọba Adọlọ. He took the name Ovọnramwẹn ...

, the exiled ruler of Benin who worked with the British colonial authorities to administer what was left of the ancient kingdom of Benin after the Benin Massacre and the subsequent military operation against Benin that destroyed most of the city in 1897. He was first appointed a Warrant Chief and member of the Native Council constituted by the new British Resident. He was later appointed District Head of Benin Districts by the British colonial government from 1914-1924 and served as the District Head of

Benin City Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, Edo State, Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano (city), Kano, and Ibadan, with a population estimate of about 3,500,000 as of ...

from 1924-1929. He died on 11 April 1929 in Benin City during the reign of Oba

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. He was one of the few chiefs in

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who built and lived in expansive palaces that were characteristic of the nobility of the ancient kingdom and formed part of what has intrigued many scholars about the architecture of ancient Benin. His palace, built in 1897, after the return to normalcy following the punitive war, still stands till date and is located at the beginning of Sakponba Road near the busy King's Square in Benin City.

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* http://thenationonlineng.net/benin-city-battling-modernity/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Oshodin, Izevbokun 1850s births 1929 deaths Benin City People from Edo State History of Nigeria Edo people Edo families