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{{Short description|17th-century founder of the ruling dynasty of Dahomey}} {{Infobox Monarch | name = Do-Aklin | title=Founder of the ruling dynasty of the [[Kingdom of Dahomey]] | image=File:Symbole de Gangnihessou roi du Dahomey au mur de la place Goho à Abomey au Bénin (2).jpg |caption=Symbol of Gangnihessou on the wall of Place Goho in Abomey in Benin in 2020 | reign=c. 1600-1620 | coronation= | predecessor= | successor=[[Dakodonou]] | spouse= | issue= | royal house=Aladaxonou | father= | mother= | birth_date= | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | buried= }} '''Do-Aklin''' or '''Gangnihessou''' (Ganye Hessou) or '''Dogbari''' is claimed as the founder of the [[Fon people|Fon]] [[Kingdom of Dahomey]] in present-day [[Benin]] and the first person in the royal lineage of the [[King of Dahomey|Kings of Dahomey]] (the [[Aladaxonou|Aladaxonou dynasty]]). In many versions he is considered the first king of Dahomey even though the kingdom was founded after his death. Very little is known about Do-Aklin and most of it is connected to folklore, but it is generally claimed that he settled a large group of [[Aja people]] from [[Allada]] on the [[Abomey]] plateau amongst the local inhabitants in ''c.'' 1620. His son [[Dakodonu]] would eventually build a palace on the plateau and began forming the Kingdom of Dahomey.
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