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The Asantehene is the title for the monarch of the historical Ashanti Empire as well as the ceremonial ruler of the Ashanti people today. The Ashanti royal house traces its line to the Oyoko (an Abusua, or "clan") Abohyen Dynasty of Nana Twum and the Oyoko Dynasty of Osei Tutu Opemsoo, who formed the Empire of Ashanti in 1701 and was crowned Asantehene (King of all Asante). [1]
Asantehene Prempeh II of the Ashanti was born in 1892 in the capital city called Kumasi.He was four years old when his uncle, Prempeh I (the 13th Asantehene), his maternal grandmother, Queen Nana Yaa Akyaa, and other family members were captured and exiled to the Seychelles Islands by the British in 1896. [3]
Osei Bonsu (born 1779 [11] – 21 January 1824) [12] [13] also known as Osei Tutu Kwame [8] was the Asantehene (King of the Ashanti). [14] He reigned either from 1800 to 1824 or from 1804 to 1824. During his reign as the king, the Ashanti fought the Fante confederation and ended up dominating Gold Coast trade.
These were then followed by the investiture of Bukali II as substantive King of the Kingdom of Dagbon. [25] In December 2019, Bukali II paid a courtesy call on Otumfuo Osei Tutu at the Manhyia Palace , to express his gratitude for the role the Asante king played in the peace process.
The Golden Stool on its throne, the hwedom dwa (1935) Flag of the Asante people depicting the Golden Stool in the middle.. The Golden Stool (Ashanti-Twi: Sika dwa; full title, Sika Dwa Kofi "the Golden Stool born on a Friday") is the royal and divine throne of kings of the Asante people and the ultimate symbol of power in Asante. [1]
Mensa Bonsu was the son of Afua Kobi. [2] He became Asantehene (king of the Asante) after his elder brother Kofi Kakari was deposed in September 1874. Mensa Bonsu tried to restore the fortunes of Kumasi after its destruction in the 1873-4 Anglo-Asante war. [3]
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The future monarch was born under the name Jacob Matthew Poku in Kumasi the capital of Ashanti, then the Ashanti Protectorate, in 1919 into the Ashanti royal family.At the time, Prempeh I was Asantehene, as the Ashanti Emperor-King is called, before being succeeded by his nephew Prempeh II in 1931.
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