such as Susenyos as potential successors, and thus as legitimate threat to their own ambitions to exercise power during Yaqob's minority. Susenyos and other...
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final time, becoming a nun at the age of 25 in 1617. In 1621, Emperor Susenyos I forbade the teaching of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Walatta...
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Island in Lake Tana. Being of Amhara descent, he was the son of Emperor Susenyos I and Empress Sahle Work (Ge'ez: ሣህለወርቅ) (throne name) ለ (name) of Wagda...
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Haymanot and the presence audience. The audience with Susenyos was a trying experience for Bruce. Susenyos complained that the Scotsman had paid him no attention...
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rider" charms of the Byzantine Period; see Gello Susenyos I, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1608 to 1632 Susenyos II, Emperor of Ethiopia for about four months...
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stayed behind to hide in the province of Menz in Shewa. Yaqob's grandson Susenyos I defeated his various second cousins in 1604 to become Emperor and started...
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the throne – Susenyos, the son of Abeto Fasilides – were exiled, but Za Dengel escaped to the mountains around Lake Tana, while Susenyos found refuge...
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claim of descent from Menelik I is based on the assertion that the kings of Axum were also the descendants of Menelik I; its definitive and best-known...
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benefited Páez when Susenyos I assumed the throne in 1607. Susenyos invited him to his court, where the two became friends. Susenyos made a grant of land...
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September 1603 24 October 1604 Nephew of Sarsa Dengel Solomonic Susenyos I Susenyos the Catholic ሱስንዮስ ቀዳማዊ 1572 – 17 September 1632 (aged 60) 1606 17...
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