Egwale Seyon

Egwale Seyon
Emperor of Ethiopia
ReignJune 1801 – 12 June 1818
PredecessorDemetros
SuccessorIyoas II
Born14 September 1745
Died12 June 1818
SpouseWalatta Iyasus
Issue5 children[1]
Names
Gwalu
Regnal name
Newaya Sagad
DynastyHouse of Solomon
FatherHezqeyas
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Egwale Seyon (Ge'ez: እጓለ ጽዮን; died 12 June 1818),[2] throne name Newaya Sagad (Ge'ez: ንዋየ ሰገድ), was Emperor of Ethiopia from June 1801 to 12 June 1818, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Hezqeyas.

  1. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Volume II (Nubia and Abyssinia). London: Methuen & Co. p. 480.
  2. ^ Nathaniel Pearce, The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce, J.J. Halls (editor) (London, 1831), vol. 2 p. 215