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 Contemporary painting of Yekuno Amlak in Genneta Maryam | |||||
| Emperor of Ethiopia | |||||
| Reign | 10 August 1270 – 19 June 1285 | ||||
| Successor | Yagbe'u Seyon[1] | ||||
| Born | 1250s Bete Amhara | ||||
| Died | 19 June 1285 Ethiopian Empire | ||||
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| Dynasty | House of Solomon | ||||
| Father | Tesfa Yesus[2] | ||||
| Mother | Emine Sion[3] | ||||
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Church | ||||
Yekuno Amlak (Ge'ez: ይኩኖ አምላክ, romanized: Yəkkuno ˀAmlak); throne name Tesfa Iyasus (ተስፋ ኢየሱስ; died 19 June 1285) was Emperor of Ethiopia,[4] from 1270 to 1285, and the founder of the Solomonic dynasty, which lasted until 1974.[5] He was a ruler from Bete Amhara (in parts of modern-day Wollo and northern Shewa) who became the Emperor of Ethiopia following the defeat of the last Zagwe king.[6]
- ^ Stuart Munro-Hay (2002). Ethiopia: The Unknown Land. I.B. Tauris. p. 24.
- ^ Sellassie 1972, p. 285.
- ^ Sellassie 1972, p. 285f.
- ^ In the Ethiopian calendar, 10 Sené and 16 Nehasé, respectively. A. K. Irvine, "Review: The Different Collections of Nägś Hymns in Ethiopic Literature and Their Contributions." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies, 1985.
- ^ Abir, Mordechai (2013). Ethiopia and the Red Sea: The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-136-28090-0.
- ^ Fessha, Yonathan Tesfaye (2016). Ethnic Diversity and Federalism: Constitution Making in South Africa and Ethiopia. Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-317-14098-6.