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Yekuno Amlak

Solomonid king of Ethiopia

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role in Zagwe dynasty

In Zagwe dynasty
…end of the 13th century Yekuno Amlak, a prince of the Amhara, incited so successful a rebellion in Shewa that the Zagwe king, Yitbarek, was driven out and murdered. A new Zagwe king stirred up a counterrebellion but was defeated.
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Solomonid restoration

In Ethiopia: The Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties
…of the province of Shewa, Yekuno Amlak, rebelled. He was supported by an influential faction of monastic churchmen, who condoned his regicide of Emperor Yitbarek and legitimated his descent from Solomon. The genealogy of the new Solomonic dynasty was published in the early 14th century in the Kebra nagast (“Glory…
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