Olagbegi family

{{short description| A royal family in Owo}}

The Olagbegi family is a royal family in Owo, a city in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f8ThAAAAMAAJ&q=Olowo+Ajagbusi+Ekun|title=News watch|work=books.google.co.uk|year=1999|accessdate=June 28, 2015}} 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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhixAAAAIAAJ|title=The ancestral arts of Owo, Nigeria|year=1991|accessdate=June 28, 2015|last1=Poynor |first1=Robin }}

Olateru Olagbegi I, the son of Olagbegi Atanneye, had 300 wives during his reign. After his demise, it was discovered that five of them were still virgins.{{cite news|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/new/my-father-had-many-wives-but-my-grandfather-had-300/|title=My father had many wives, but my grandfather had 300|publisher=The Nation|accessdate=June 28, 2015}} The family belongs to the Nigerian chieftaincy system.