Contemporary portrait of a young Lebna Dengel by Cristofano dell'Altissimo
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign
31 July 1507 – 2 September 1540 (1507-07-31 – 1540-09-02)
Coronation
13 May 1508
Predecessor
Na'od
Successor
Gelawdewos
Regent
Empress Eleni
Born
c. 1496 Badeqe, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire[1]
Died
2 September 1540(1540-09-02) (aged 43–44) Debre Damo, Tigray, Ethiopian Empire
Burial
Abba Aragwi Monastery
Spouse
Seble Wongel
Issue
Fiqtor Lebna Dengal
Gelawdewos
Yakob
Menas
Walatta Hanna
Amata Giyorgis
Sabana Giyorgis
Walatta Kidusan
Tewdada
Names
Lebna Dengel
Dynasty
House of Solomon
Father
Na'od
Mother
Na'od Mogesa
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Dawit II (Ge'ez: ዳዊት; c. 1496 – 2 September 1540), also known by the macaronic name Wanag Segad (ወናግ ሰገድ, to whom the lions bow), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel (Amharic: ልብነ ድንግል, essence of the virgin), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540, whose political center and palace was in Shewa.[2]
A male line descendant of the medieval Amhara kings, and thus a member of the House of Solomon, he was the son of Emperor Na'od and Empress Na'od Mogesa. The important victory over the Adal's Emir Mahfuz may have given Dawit the appellation "Wanag Segad," which is a combination of Geʽez and the Harari terms.[3]
^Pankhurst, Richard (2009). "Barara, the Royal City of 15th and Early 16th Century (Ethiopia). Medieval and Other Early Settlements Between Wechecha Range and Mt Yerer". Annales d'Éthiopie. 24 (1): 209–249. doi:10.3406/ethio.2009.1394.
^Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South. Rowman & Littlefield. June 2018. p. 266. ISBN 9781442271579.
^Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
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