The Asantehene is the absolute monarch of Ashanti and Ashantiland and the Empire of Ashanti of the Ashanti (or Asante) people's ethnic group. The Ashanti royal house traces its line to the Oyoko (an Abusua, meaning 'clan') Abohyen Dynasty of Nana Twum and the Beretuo Dynasty of Osei Tutu Opemsoo, who formed the Empire of Ashanti in 1701 and was crowned Asantehene (translates as Emperor of all Ashanti). Osei Tutu held the Ashanti throne until his death in battle in 1717, and was the sixth emperor in Asante royal history.