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The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. The dynasty was founded by Yekuno Amlak , who overthrew the Zagwe dynasty in 1270.
Menelik I (Ge'ez: ምኒልክ, Mənilək) was the legendary first Emperor of Ethiopia.According to Kebra Nagast, a 14th-century national epic, in the 10th century BC he is said to have inaugurated the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia, so named because Menelik I was the son of the biblical King Solomon of ancient Israel and of Makeda, the Queen of Sheba.
Non-contemporary portrait painting of Emperor Yekuno Amlak from 17th century. Yekuno Amlak hailed from an ancient Amhara family. [7] [8] [9] 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 Imperial Order of Solomon was an order of knighthood of the Ethiopian Empire founded in 1874. A special class Collar was created by Empress Zewditu in 1922. It was a split off from the Order of the Seal of Solomon and created as an independent order with a single grade of "Collar" by Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1930.
House of Solomon may refer to: House of David, an Israelite and Judahite dynasty; Solomonic dynasty, an Ethiopian dynasty; Salomon's House, ...
However, their son Shlomo (Solomon) Elias Sassoon (1948–1985), who was a medical student at the University of Alexandria, was denied an exit visa. The government accused Elias of using his family's banking network to help smuggle assets belonging to members of the Jewish community out of the country.
Writer and Savannah native Jason K. Friedman stumbled upon historical intrigue in 2016 when he and his husband purchased a historic, first-floor flat within the Solomon Cohen house on Liberty Street.
Yagbe'u Seyon (Amharic: ይግባ ጽዮን, died 1294), [1] throne name Salomon, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 18 June 1285 to 1294, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He succeeded his father Yekuno Amlak.