Olagbegi family

The Olagbegi family is a royal family in Owo, a city in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria.

[1] Members of the family are descendants of Olagbegi Atanneye I, the Olowo of Owo who reigned between 1913 and 1938.

Olagbegi Atanneye was himself a descendant of Ojugbelu Arere, the first traditional ruler of Owo, who was a direct descendant of Oduduwa.

After his demise, it was discovered that five of them were still virgins.

[3] The family belongs to the Nigerian chieftaincy system.