Gelawdewos
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Galawdewos (, 1521/1522 – 23 March 1559), also known as Claudius in European sources, 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.
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- Born
- 1523?
- Died
- 1559
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Confessio fidei Claudii, Regis Aethiopiae
- Ein Brief des abessinischen Königs Asnaf Sagad (Claudius) an Papst Paul III aus dem Jahre 1541
- Confessio fidei Claudii regis Æthiopæ, cum notis et versione Latina Jobi Ludolfi ..
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- Galawdewos
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- Claudius,_King_of_Ethiopia.jpg
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- Contemporary Portuguese depiction of Gelawdewos receiving the Latin Patriarch Andrés de Oviedo
- Royalty.reign
- 3 September 1540 – 23 March 1559
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- Dawit II
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- Menas
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- Emperor of Ethiopia
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- Sabana GiyorgisMashihawit
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- House of Solomon
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- Atsnaf Sagad I
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- Mar Gelawdewos
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- Dawit II
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- Seble Wongel
- Royalty.birth_date
- 1521/1522
- Royalty.birth_place
- Amhara, Ethiopian Empire
- Royalty.death_place
- Fatagar, Ethiopian Empire
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Early reign
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- Family
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Galawdewos (, 1521/1522 – 23 March 1559), also known as Claudius in European sources, 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.
== Early reign == The son of Dawit II by his wife, Seble Wongel, after the death of his father Gelawdewos succeeded to the throne on 2 September 1540 at the age of 18. During imam Ahmed's occupation of Abyssinia, Galawdewos initially took refuge in the province of Gafat. Despite his youth, over the next few months he made several successful attacks on the Adalite garrisons in northern Ethiopia. At the time of the Portuguese arrival in Ethiopia, Gelawdewos was in northern Shewa leading a small guerrilla movement against the Muslim occupation. When he heard of the Portuguese arrival he marched northward to join them but the Portuguese had already started fighting Ahmad ibn Ibrahim in the province of Tigray.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelawdewos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.