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Osei Yaw Akoto

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Osei Yaw Akoto
Asantehene of Asanteman; Kumasehene of Kumasi
King of the Ashanti Empire
Reign1824 – 21 February 1834
Coronation1824
PredecessorOsei Bonsu
SuccessorKwaku Dua I
Bornc. 1800
Kumasi, Ashanti Empire
Died21 February 1834 (aged 34)
Kumasi, Ashanti Empire
Burial
Names
Otumfuo Nana Osei Yaw Akoto
HouseHouse of Beretuo Dynasty

Osei Yaw Akoto (c. 1800 – 21 February 1834), was the seventh King of the Ashanti Empire reigning from 1824 until his death on 21 February 1834.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ T. C. McCaskie, State and Society in Pre-Colonial Asante, Cambridge University Press, 2003, p. 69-70