Baeda Maryam I

Baeda Maryam I
ቀዳማዊ ዐፄ በእደ ማርያም
Reign26 August 1468 – 8 November 1478
PredecessorZara Yaqob
SuccessorEskender
Born1448
Debre Berhan, Ethiopian Empire
Died8 November 1478(1478-11-08) (aged 29–30)
Abasi Wera Gabayi, Ethiopian Empire
Wives
  • Romna Wark[1]
  • Eresh-Gazet[2]
  • Kalyupe
IssueEskender
'Enkua 'Esra'el[2]
Theodore[2]
Na'od
DynastyHouse of Solomon
FatherZara Yaqob
MotherSeyon Mogess
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Christianity

Baeda Maryam I (Ge'ez: በእደ ማርያም; Bäˀəda Maryam, meaning "He who is in the hand of Mary"; 1448 – 8 November 1478[citation needed]), otherwise known as Cyriacus[3] was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1468 to 1478, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His reign was characterized by a number of military campaigns, most notably against the Dobe'a who lived along the western escarpment of the Ethiopian Highlands.

  1. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 320.
  2. ^ a b c Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 319.
  3. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 312.