| Galawdewos ዓፄ ገላውዴዎስ | |||||||||
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 Contemporary Portuguese depiction of Gelawdewos receiving the Latin Patriarch Andrés de Oviedo | |||||||||
| Emperor of Ethiopia | |||||||||
| Reign | 3 September 1540 – 23 March 1559 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Dawit II | ||||||||
| Successor | Menas | ||||||||
| Born | 1521/1522 Amhara, Ethiopian Empire | ||||||||
| Died | 29 March 1559 (aged 37–38) Fatagar, Ethiopian Empire | ||||||||
| Issue | Sabana Giyorgis[1] Mashihawit[1] | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | House of Solomon | ||||||||
| Father | Dawit II | ||||||||
| Mother | Seble Wongel | ||||||||
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox | ||||||||
Galawdewos (Ge'ez: ገላውዴዎስ, 1521/1522 – 23 March 1559), also known as Mar Gelawdewos[2] (Amharic: ማር ገላውዴዎስ), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 3 September 1540 until his death in 1559, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Atsnaph Sagad I (Ge'ez: አጽናፍ ሰገድ). A male line descendant of medieval Amhara kings, he was a younger son of Dawit II and Seble Wongel.[3][4]
- ^ a b Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 2). London: Methuen & Co. p. 356.
- ^ Conzelman (1895). Le chronique de Galawdewos. Paris. p. 135.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Danver, Steven L (2015). Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues. Routledge. p. 16. ISBN 9781317464006.
- ^ Remedius Prutky states that Gelawdewos had a son, Na'od; this son is not mentioned in his Royal Chronicle. J. H. Arrowsmith-Brown, translator and editor, Prutky's Travels to Ethiopia and Other Countries (London: Hakluyt Society, 1991), p. 112 and note.