| Orhogbua | |
|---|---|
| Oba of Benin | |
 Brass plaque of Oba Orhogbua at Horniman Museum | |
| Oba of Benin | |
| Reign | c. 1550 AD – c. 1578 AD |
| Predecessor | Esigie |
| Successor | Ehengbuda |
| Born | Benin City |
| Died | 1578 AD Benin City |
| Issue |
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| House | Eweka I |
| Father | Esigie |
| Mother | Elaba |
Orhogbua was the seventeenth Oba of the Benin Kingdom who reigned around c. 1550 AD – c. 1578 AD. He was the son of Esigie and the grandson of Ozolua. Orhogbua was educated in a Portuguese colonial school and was baptised as a Catholic.[1] He was able to communicate in Portuguese, both spoken and written.[2] He established a military camp on Lagos Island, which served as a strategic location for empire expansion and trade control.[3] He also introduced the use of native cooking salt in Benin.[4]
- ^ Egharevba 1968, p. 29.
- ^ Asante 2014, p. 152.
- ^ Mann 2007, p. 27–28.
- ^ Egharevba 1968, p. 30.