Amda Seyon II
Emperor of Ethiopia in 1494
Amda Seyon II ዐምደ ጽዮን | |
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Emperor of Ethiopia | |
Reign | 7 May 1494 – 26 October 1494 |
Predecessor | Eskender |
Successor | Na'od |
Dynasty | House of Solomon |
Father | Eskender |
Mother | Baeda Maryam I |
Amda Seyon II (Ge'ez: ዐምደ ጽዮን) was Emperor of Ethiopia briefly during 1494, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the infant son of Eskender and a second wife of Eskender's father Baeda Maryam I.
Amda Seyon quickly became the pawn in the struggle for control of the throne, which ended in his death, and the ascension of Na'od. As Taddesse Tamrat writes, "Amda-Seyon's reign lasted for only six months, and even the hagiographer betrays a sense of great relief at the announcement of his death."[1]
Notes
- ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 293.
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Preceded by Eskender | Emperor of Ethiopia 1494 | Succeeded by Na'od |
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Emperors of Ethiopia (list)
(1270–1632)
- Yekuno Amlak
- Yagbe'u Seyon (Salomon I)
- Sons: Senfa Ared IV
- Hezba Asgad
- Qedma Asgad
- Jin Asgad
- Saba Asgad
- Wedem Arad
- Amda Seyon I
- Newaya Krestos
- Newaya Maryam
- Dawit I
- Tewodros I
- Yeshaq I
- Andreyas
- Takla Maryam
- Sarwe Iyasus
- Amda Iyasus
- Zara Yaqob (Kwestantinos I)
- Baeda Maryam I
- Eskender (Kwestantinos II)
- Amda Seyon II
- Na'od
- Dawit II
- Gelawdewos
- Menas
- Sarsa Dengel
- Yaqob
- Za Dengel
- Yaqob
- Susenyos I
(1632–1769)
(1769–1855)
- Yohannes II
- Tekle Haymanot II
- Susenyos II
- Tekle Haymanot II
- Salomon II
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Iyasu III
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Hezqeyas
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Baeda Maryam II
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Salomon III
- Yonas
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Salomon III
- Demetros
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Demetros
- Egwale Seyon
- Iyoas II
- Gigar
- Baeda Maryam III
- Gigar
- Iyasu IV
- Gebre Krestos
- Sahle Dengel
- Gebre Krestos
- Sahle Dengel
- Yohannes III
- Sahle Dengel
- Yohannes III
- Sahle Dengel
- Yohannes III
- Sahle Dengel
(1855–1974)
- 1 Never crowned.
- 2 Between 1936–1941, Haile Selassie went into exile following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
During that time, the imperial title was claimed by Italian King Victor Emmanuel III. - 3 Emperor-in-exile.
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