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List of emperors 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. Earlier kings of the Dʿmt, Axum and Zagwe kingdoms are listed separately due to numerous gaps and large ...
Medieval map of Ethiopia, including the ancient lost city of Barara, which is located in modern-day Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in Africa; [1] the emergence of Ethiopian civilization dates back thousands of years.
1425 - 1460 Shongetato (also known as the Girra king) 1460 - 1495 Odhe/Addiotato. 1495 - 1530 Sadi or Shaddi/Shaditato. 1530 - 1565 Madi Gafine/Gafo or Shonge, possibly the same as Borrete. 1565 - 1605 Bong-he or Borrete or Bongatato, said to be the son of Madi Gafo. 1605 - 1640 Giba Nekiok or Bonge or Galo Nechocho.
The 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia is an official regnal list used by the Ethiopian monarchy which names over 300 monarchs across six millennia.The list is partially inspired by older Ethiopian regnal lists and chronicles, but is notable for additional monarchs who ruled Nubia, which was known as Aethiopia in ancient times.
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. The emperor was the head of state and head of government, with ...
Regnal lists of Ethiopia are recorded lists of monarchs who are claimed by tradition to have ruled Ethiopia. These lists are often recorded on manuscripts or orally by monasteries and have been passed down over the centuries. Many surviving physical regnal lists, as well as recorded oral lists, chronicle the line of kings beginning with Menelik ...
Much tourist art in Ethiopia depicts the narrative about Menelik I in a series of panels, 44 scenes, eleven for each of four lines. [14] [15] The story depicted on them is the oral version (beginning with a backstory on Sheba and including an Ethiopian maid who also becomes pregnant by Solomon), not the medieval text version.
Known from a single inscription in Ancient Greek that was found at Dekemhare, which is dated to his 24th regnal year. First known ruler of Ethiopia to use the title "King of Kings". [37] May have erected the Monumentum Adulitanum. [38] May be the same king as Ela–Samara, but regnal lists only record 3 years of rule for him. [37] DTWNS