Empress of Ethiopia and wife of Emperor Yohannes III
Menen Liben Amede
Empress of Ethiopia
Reign
1819–1858
Regent of Begemder
Reign
1831–1841
Died
1858
Spouse
Alula of Yejju
Ras Ali II of Yejju
Yohannes III
Dynasty
House of Solomon
Menen Liben Amede (died 1858) was Empress consort of Ethiopia by marriage to Emperor Yohannes III in 1840–1841, 1845 and 1850–1851.
She was also regent of Begemder in 1831–1841 during the minority of her son Ali II of Yejju, who was her son in her first marriage to Alula of Yejju. She was a significant personage during the Zemene Mesafint of the 19th century before Tewodros II reunited the Ethiopian Empire in 1855.
MenenLibenAmede (died 1858) was Empress consort of Ethiopia by marriage to Emperor Yohannes III in 1840–1841, 1845 and 1850–1851. She was also regent...
Joseph Amede Coulon (1854–1922), artist and son of George David Coulon MenenLibenAmede (died 1858), Empress consort to Yohannes III of Ethiopia Amede, a...
princeling of the Yejju Dynasty. Ras Ali's mother was the Empress MenenLibenAmede. During the various wars between Ras Ali and his leading rival for...
Although she was offered as a bride to Kassa by her grandmother, Empress MenenLibenAmede, entirely for political reasons, he loved her and was faithful to...
begrudgingly) to Dejazmach Hailu by the governor of the province, Empress MenenLibenAmede. Kassa was in line to potentially take control of Ye Maru Qemas after...
the north. A second palace was built for his mother, the Empress MenenLibenAmede, which was not as large as Ras Ali's. Although he burnt the town in...
the notice of the ruling Regent, Ras Ali, and his mother Empress MenenLibenAmede (wife of the Emperor Yohannes III). To bind him to them, the Empress...
Kinfu, people fought for control of his lands in Gojjam. Eventually MenenLibenAmede gained the upper hand in the Battle of Chenti Ber (October, 1839)...
Seru Gwangul) and cousin of Ras Gugsa. He was the first husband of MenenLibenAmede and father of her son, Ras Ali II, while governor of Damot, Ethiopia...
continued long after Marye's death, eventually involving Empress MenenLibenAmede. Marye's final military campaign was against Ras Sabagadis of Agame...