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Imperial Flag of Ethiopia Imperial Coat of Arms of Ethiopia. This article lists the emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when the last emperor was deposed.
The last months of the Emperor's life were spent in imprisonment at the Grand Palace. [248] Following the 1974 coup d'état, much of the Ethiopian royal family fled the country, were imprisoned, or were executed. Later, most of the imperial family was imprisoned in Addis Ababa's Kerchele Prison, also known as "Alem Bekagn".
Lebna Dengel, nəgusä nägäst (emperor) of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.. The emperor of Ethiopia (Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት, romanized: nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (Amharic: ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975.
Haile Selassie I was the last Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire. The government's failure to adequately respond to the 1973 Wollo famine, the growing discontent of urban interest groups, and high fuel prices due to the 1973 oil crisis led to a revolt in February 1974 by the army and civilian populace.
Non-contemporary portrait painting of Emperor Yekuno Amlak from 17th century. Yekuno Amlak hailed from an ancient Amhara family. [5] [6] [7] Later medieval texts, written in support of his dynasty, claimed that he was a direct male line descendant of the former royal house of the Kingdom of Aksum which was, itself, descended, it was claimed, from the biblical king Solomon.
The Solomonic Dynasty continued to rule Ethiopia with few interruptions until 1974, when the last emperor, Haile Selassie, was deposed. The Imperial family is currently non-regnant. Members of the family in Ethiopia at the time of the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution were imprisoned; some were executed
2 September 1540 – Dawit II death and his son Gelawdewos became Emperor. [19] 21 February 1543 – Abyssinians led by Emperor Gelawdewos defeated the Adal Sultanate and killed Imam Ahmed. 1555 – the Jesuits influence to Ethiopia began. [20] [21] 1557 – the Ottoman Empire took Massawa and established Habesh Eyalet from province of ...
He was born Asfaw Wossen Tafari, in the walled city of Harar, to Dejazmach Tafari Makonnen, then the governor of Harar and future Emperor of Ethiopia, and his wife Menen Asfaw, on 29 July 1916. [1] Amha Selassie became Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia when his father