Home›Open Questions›What year was Glele, tenth King of Dahomey, born?Open QuestionsWhat year was Glele, tenth King of Dahomey, born?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextHistory Atlas. "What year was Glele, tenth King of Dahomey, born?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/glele-birth-date.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextHistory Atlas. (n.d.). What year was Glele, tenth King of Dahomey, born?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/glele-birth-dateCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{historyatlas-what-year-was-glele-tenth-king-of-dahome, author = {History Atlas}, title = {What year was Glele, tenth King of Dahomey, born?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/glele-birth-date}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionGlele's own Wikipedia infobox gives no birth date. New World Encyclopedia's Kingdom of Dahomey article, checked as this entity's second source, also gives none. Wikidata states 1814 but is Wikimedia family, not an independent citable source, and no independently reachable source with a checkable citation was found.What would resolve this A specialist source on Dahomey royal genealogy (e.g. Robin Law's published work on the kingdom) giving a sourced birth year or approximate age at accession in 1858.OpenWest African history, Dahomey royal genealogyGlele (Wikipedia)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnGlele, Historical Figures Well-attested Source Glele (Wikipedia)tier 2SourcesGlele (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaGlele (Wikipedia), infobox, no birth date fieldView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year