Udagbedo's rule saw the expansion of the Benin Empire to the Ga region, currently part of Ghana.
His reign was marked by a dispute with Agbodo, a figure who resisted the Oba's authority and attempted to violate a tradition by planning his burial in the palace precinct.
[1] A notable event during Udagbedo's reign was the migration of the Ga people from Benin to Accra, around 1300.
Agbodo declared that his remains would be interred in his residence at Ogbe, a sector of Benin City typically reserved for the Oba's burial.
As Agbodo approached death, he instructed his sons to place his body in the second impluvium of his house, along with a stone.
[2] The pond was filled by Oba Akenzua II between 1935 and 1937, and the Benin Divisional Council Public Works Department was built over it in 1949.
[5] Udagbedo had a daughter, Princess Omorefe, who was married to the Iyase, the prime minister and commander-in-chief of the Benin army.