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The Solomonic Dynasty

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1563 - 1597 H.M. Elect of God, Emperor Malik Seggad [Sarsa Dengal], King of Kings of Ethiopia, Nubia, Enarya and all the kingdoms of Saba. b. ca. August 1549, as Prince Yishaq, second son of H.M. Elect of God, Emperor Admas Seggad II [Wanag Seggad II], King of Kings of Ethiopia, by his wife, H.M. Empress Admas Mogassa, educ. privately. Baptised as Sarsa Dengal. Proclaimed as Malik Seggad ('He to whom (Muslim) Kings bow)', on the death of his father, 12^th February 1563 n.s. Crowned at the Mariam Church, Tadbaba, Amhara. Crowned for a second time, in camp, at Sabrad, 2^nd September 1563 o.s. The first ruler to assume the style of Jan-Hoy. Spent his entire reign campaigning against the Turks and the Muslim rulers of the north. Concerated on the throne of David, at the Cathedral of St Mary of Zion, Axum, 10^th January 1580 o.s. m. (first) before 1586, H.M. Empress (Itege) Malik Mogassa (m. second, ca. 1598, Ras Atanasyos, of Begameder, and d.s.p.m. 1614, bur. Haile Mariam Church, Mahdara Mariam, near Dabra Tabor), previously Immabet Mariam Sena, crowned as Malik Mogassa after 1586, Crown Councillor 1597-1603, probably the daughter of Degana c/o Antasum c/o Zara Buruk. m. (second) Tegazanyi Haraga Amlak [Immabet Haragwe] [Harego], a high-born Falasha lady from Semien, probably a sister of Gedewon, the Beta Isra'el ruler of Semien. He d. at Sat, 20^th March 1597 (or 22^nd September 1597), having had issue, five sons and three daughters:

1) Prince (Abetahun) Za Mariam [Za Krestos] (s/oTegazanyi Haraga Amlak). Appointed as Heir Apparent by his father. He d. an infant, 1579.
2) Prince (Abetahun) Yakob [Klarso], who succeeded as H.M. Elect of God, Emperor Malik Seggad the younger, King of Kings of Ethiopia (s/oTegazanyi Haraga Amlak) - see below.
3) Prince (Abetahun) Za Dengel (s/o Tegazanyi Haraga Amlak).
4) Prince (Abetahun) Kifle Mariam (s/oTegazanyi Haraga Amlak). Raised a rebellion with the help of Gedewon, the Beta Isra'el ruler of Semien. He was k. by the sword on the orders of Emperor Susyenos, 1608.
5) Prince (Abetahun) Matako (s/o Tegazanyi Haraga Amlak). Proclaimed King by Gedewon, the Beta Isra'el ruler of Semien. He was k. by the sword on the orders of Emperor Susyenos, 1608.
1) Princess (Woizero) Amata Mikael (d/o Empress Malik Mogassa). She d. before 8^th June 1616. Ancestress of the princes of Tsehira (Chera). She may have married Emperor Sultan Seggad I [Malik Seggad III], and had issue, a daughter - see below.
2) Princess (Woizero) Walatta Mikael [Krestosawit] [Kesesait] (d/o Empress Malik Mogassa). m. Ras Kifle Wahid (d. at Debarua, 1618), sometime Crown Councillor, Tigray Makonnen and Bahr Negus, fourth son of Shum Agame Dabra Seyun. She had issue, six children - see Ethiopia (Zagwe).
3) Princess (Woizero) Walatta Giyorgis [Hamalmal Work], Talaqq-Immabet (d/o Empress Malik Mogassa). Granted Ganj, in Gojjam, as her fief. m. (first) (div.) RasAtanasyos Wale Giyorgis (d. in Gorgora, 1626), Governor of Begamder, Amhara and Gojjam, Crown Councillor, and Bitwodad 1597-1603, son of Meridazmatch Wossen Seggad. m. (second) 1603, Ras Za Selassie (k. 26^th June 1607), aBalabat of Gurage or Wag, Governor of Dembiya 1590-1595, Blatenochgeta 1597, Crown Counsellor 1597-1603, Enariya Shum (Lord of Enaria), Azmatch, etc., involved in numerous insurrections. She d. before 8^th September 1617, having had issue, by her first husband:
- a)Immabet Amata Iyasus (d/o Ras Atanasyos). She d. before 18^th March 1622, having had issue, a son and a daughter:
  - i) Dejazmatch Demetriyos. He d. before 8^th September 1688.
  - i) Immabet Walatta Hawaryot.

1597 - 1603 H.M. Elect of God, Emperor Malik Seggad the younger [Yakob], King of Kings of Ethiopia, Nubia, Enarya and all the kingdoms of Saba (first time) - see below.

1603 - 1604 H.M. Elect of God, Emperor Asnaf Seggad [Galawdewos], King of Kings of Ethiopia, Nubia, Enarya and all the kingdoms of Saba. b. as Prince Za Dengal, 1577, eldest son of Prince Lesana Krestos, educ. privately. Adopted by Emperor Malik Seggad, appointed Heir Apparent and raised to the rank of Dejazmatch. Opposed by the Empress and great nobles and set aside in favour of Prince Yakob, 22^nd September
1597. Seized and sent into religious retreat on the island of Daq, on Lake Tana. Escaped and took refuge in Gojjam. Succeeded on the deposition of his cousin, 1603. Crowned as Asnaf Seggad (‘He to whom the horizons bow’), at Danqaz, Dembiya, 3^rd September 1603. Closely aligned to the Portuguese faction and an adherent of the Roman Catholic faith, he incurred the opposition of the nobility and clergy by prohibiting
traditional religious observations. Deposed 2^nd October 1604. He was k. by Ras Za Selassie (his eyes being removed, fingers cut-off for his rings, and then trampled underfoot by horses) on the field of battle, at
Bartcho, Gojjam, 15^th October 1604 (bur. St Stephen’s Monastery, Daga, Lake Tana).

1597-1603 and 1604-1607 H.M. Elect of God, Emperor Malik Seggad the younger, King of Kings of Ethiopia, Nubia, Enarya and all the kingdoms of Saba. b. 1590, as Prince Yakob, second son of Elect of God, Emperor Sarsa Dengal, by his second wife, Tegazanyi Haraga Amlak, educ. privately. Governor of Enarya during his father's reign. Proclaimed on the death of his father, as Malik Seggad ('he to whom (Muslim) kings bow') the younger, 22^nd September 1597. Established his capital at Danqaz, in Dembiya. Reigned under a Council of Regency headed by his brother-in-law, Ras Bitwodad Atanatewos, of Begamder. Deposed by his cousin, 3^rd September 1603. Restored by Ras Za Selassie 13^th October 1604. m. Empress (Itege) Nazarena, from the island of Aich or Itaik, on Lake Tana. Defeated and k. in battle at Chechehober, in the Dabra Zet Valley, Gojjam, by his second cousin, Susyenos, 10^th March 1607, having had issue, four sons:

1) Prince (Abetahun) Qozmos. b. ca. 1599 (s/o Empress Nazarena). He may have been taken to safety and survived into adulthood.
2) Prince (Abetahun) Galawdewos (s/o a concubine). He was k. (strangled to death) on the orders of Emperor Susyenos, March 1607.
3) Prince (Abetahun) Segga Krestos (s/o Empress Nazarena). Fled to Sennar in the Sudan after his father's death, March 1607. Attempted to seize the throne but defeated by Emperor Susyenos, and went into exile in the Holy Land. Converted to Roman Catholicism and went to Rome. He d. in Paris, 1648.
4) Another s/o Empress Nazarena, who d.v.p.*

* In 1738, the rebel Bakaffa, claimed to be son of Ishaq, son of Arzo, son of Tewodros, son of Emperor Malik Seggad the younger.

1607 - 1632 H.M. Elect of God, Emperor Sultan Seggad I [Malik Seggad III], King of Kings of Ethiopia, Nubia, Enarya and all the kingdoms of Saba. b. at Ginde Beret, 1572, as Prince Susyenos, fifth and youngest son of Prince Fasiladas, by H.M. Empress Hamalmalawit, educ. privately. Secured the throne by conquest from his cousin, Emperor Yakob, 10^th March 1607. Crowned at Keranio Medhane Alem, Gojjam, as Sultan Seggad ('He to whom (Muslim) rulers bow'), 29^th March 1609. Established his principal capital at Gorgora, on the northern shore of Lake Tana, then at Danqaz, in Dembiya. Converted to the Roman faith 1621 and invited the Jesuits into his realms 1624. Forced to abdicate in favour of his second son, for supporting Roman Catholocism, 14^th June 1632. m. (first) ca. 1595, H.M. Empress Sultan Mogassa (d. at the Fasiladas Monastery, Qoma, Begameder, 7^th March 1661, bur. there), née Woizero Wolde Sa'ala, crowned as Itege Sultan Mogassa, at Keranio Medhane Alem, Gojjam, 18^th March 1608, left the court in 1618 in opposition to her husband's pro-Roman Catholic policy, daughter of Asba Yohannes, from a noble family of Walaqa and Marabete. m. (second) Woizero Amata Mikael. He d. at the Monastery Palace of Addis Gorgara, Danqaz, Dembiya, 18^th September 1632 (bur. at Ganata Iyasus Church, Azzazo), having had issue, over twenty sons and several daughters, including:

1) Prince (Abeto-Hoy) Kanafra Krestos (s/oEmpress Sultan Mogassa). He d.v.p.s.p. 16^th December 1615 (bur. at the Church of Our Saviour of the World, Dabra Roma, Lake Tana).
2) Prince (Abetahun) Fasiladas, who succeeded as H.M. Elect of God, Emperor 'Alam Seggad [Sultan Seggad], King of Kings of Ethiopia (s/oEmpress Sultan Mogassa) - see below.
3) Prince (Abetahun) Marqos (s/o Empress Sultan Mogassa). He d.v.p. before 8^th September 1626.
4) Prince (Abetahun) Galawdewos. b. at Danqaz, Dembiya, 1608 (s/o Empress Sultan Mogassa). Governor of Begameder 1632-1638. Arrested for rebellion against his brother 29^th November 1646, and imprisoned on Mount Wahni. He was k. (beheaded), on Mount Wahni, before 8^th September 1648 (his head bur. in his father's grave at Ganata Iyasus), having had issue, a son and a daughter:
- a) Prince (Abetahun) Elfeyos. He was k. on Mount Wahni, before 8^th September 1648.
- b) Princess (Woizero) Kastachen. She d. before 8^th September 1689.
Prince Galawdewos, may have had further issue: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- a) Ras Anestasyos. Negus of Gojjam under Emperor A'laf Seggad, Aggafari of Semien 1670-1672, and of Damot 1680-1682, Ras September 1682, Bitwodad 1682-1689. m. Immabet Imray [Yemras] (d. before 8^th September 1689), daughter of Dejazmatch Dano. He d. before 8^th September 1689, having had issue:
  - i) Prince (Abetahun) Yakob (son of Ras Anestasyos, and son of a son of Prince Galawedos). Fitawrari of Hasaman. Arrested and sent to Wahni, 25^th October 1702. Freed 1718.
  - ii) Prince (Abetahun) Yolyos (son of Ras Anestasyos, and son of a son of Prince Galawedos). Arrested and sent to Wahni, 25^th October 1702. Freed 1718.
  - iii) Prince (Abetahun) Tewodros (son of Ras Anestasyos, and son of a son of Prince Galawedos). Arrested and sent to Mount Wahni, 25^th October 1702. He was k. before 10^th September 1703.
5) Prince (Abetahun) Yakob (s/o Amata Mikael).
6) Prince (Abetahun) Yostos (s/o Amata Mikael).
7) Prince (Abetahun) Yishaq. Rebelled April 1686.
8) Prince (Abetahun) Pawlos. Fl 1705.
1) Princess (Woizero) Wangelawit (d/o Empress Sultan Mogassa). m. (first) Za Dengal. m. (second) (div.) Prince (Abetahun) Be'ela Krestos, Governor of Begameder, Damot and Tigray, son of Walaqa Negus Sutate, by his wife, Princess Ta'odara, daughter of H.M. Emperor Admas Seggad II [Wanag Seggad II] - see above. m. (third) before 1617, Prince (Abetahun) Wolde Hawaryot (k. in battle against the Oromo, 1619), raised to the rank of Dejazmatch, Governor of Salamit, Wag and Abargale, and Tigray Makonnen. m. (fourth) after the death of her third husband, ca. 1619, Dejazmatch Takla Giyorgis (k. at Danqaz, ca. 12^th December 1628), sometime Tigray Makonnen, widower of her sister, Princess Galilawit. m. (fifth) 1629, Ras Za Krestos, Dejazmatchof Damot and Begameder, Ras Bitwodad 1633, widower of her younger sister, Princess (Woizero) Wangelawit. She d. before 8^th September 1653, having had issue.
2) Princess (Woizero) Ihata Krestos (d/o Empress Sultan Mogassa). m. … She d. before September 1664, having had issue, a daughter:
- a) Princess (Woizero) Mariam. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
3) Princess (Woizero) Malakotawit (d/o Empress Sultan Mogassa). m. (first) ca. 1615, H.H.Ras Bitwodad Yolyos (k. at Seda, 12^th May 1617), a gentleman from Wollega, sometime Blattengeta,Basha, Sahafalam of Shoa, Walasma of Iffat, and Qas of Manzeh under Emperor Malak Seggad, Negus of Gojjam 1607-1612, Begameder 1614, and Semien 1615-1617, Ras Bitwodad 1612-1614, Sahafalam of Damot 1614-1615, Tigray Makonnen and Bahr Negus, and Governor of Wagara, Salamt, Semien, Abargale, Wag, Bora and Salawa. m. (second) 1^st May 1624, Ras Za Krestos (m. second, Princess Wangelawit - see above), Dejazmatch of Damot and Begameder, and Bitwodad. She d. 20^th February 1626, having had issue:
- a) Prince (Abetahun) Kirillos. He had issue:
  - i) Abeto Iraklis. m. Princess (Woizero) Semmarta [Semaeta], daughter of Emperor …He had issue, a son:
    - (1) H.E. Dejazmatch Tasfu Iraklis, of Slamet. Governor of Semien. He d. 1771, having had issue, a son and a dauhter:
      - (a) Dejazmatch Iraklis Tasfu. He d. ca. February 1784, having had issue, two sons and a daughter:
        
        (i) Abeto Gabre Iraklis. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        (ii) Dejazmatch Dimtsu. m. at Semien, 1778, Woizero Martset, daughter of H.E.Ras Hailu Mikael Ishate, by his wife, Woizero Nachet.
        
        (i) Woizero Setches. Granted the Shoader valley in fief. m. as his first wife, H.H. Ra'asa ra'usan Wolde Selassie, Prince of Tigray (b. 1736; d. at Ansolo, 28^th May 1816), second son of Dejazmatch Kefla Iyasus, sometime Lieutenant-Governor of Tigray, by his wife, Woizero Walatta Seyun, daughter of H.E. Dejazmatch Wolde Rufael, of Tigray - see Ethiopia (Tigray).
      - (a) Woizero Maritu. m. H.E. Dejazmatch Wolde Rufael, of Tigray, son of Dejazmatch Delba Iyasus. She had issue, a son - see above.
4) Princess (Woizero) Galilawit. b. in Showa (d/o Empress Sultan Mogassa). m.Dejazmatch Takla Giyorgis (m. second, after the death of his wife, her sister, Princess Wangelawit, and was k. 12^th December 1628), sometime Ba'ala Mashaf, Garageta,Azazi and Tigray Makonnen. She d. before the age of twenty.
5) Princess (Woizero) Krestosawit (d/o a concubine). She d. before 8^th September 1653.
6) Princess (Woizero) Walatta Krestos (sister of Prince Galawdewos). She d. before 18^th March 1628 (bur. Janfaqara).
7) Princess (Woizero) Walatta Hawaryot. She d. before 7^th March 1706.
8) Princess (Woizero) Walatta Dengal. She d. at Gondar, before 8^th September 1685 (or before 4^th August 1689-Guigi p. 141).
9) Princess (Woizero) Walatta Negest.
10) Princess (Woizero) Walatta Mariam (d/o Empress Sultan Mogassa).
11) Princess (Woizero) Sabla Wangel. m. and had issue, a son:
- a) Prince (Abetahun) Anorewos (same as the "son of the Shum, as well as the Adgu", died before 8^th September 1694? Or, Anorewos, k. in a peasant revolt in Begamedar, before 16^th January 1680, son of Abeto Lebbawi).
One of these princesses m. 'Amda Mikael, the Bahr Negus.

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