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Mentewab
ምንትዋብ
Itege
Itege (Empress) Mentewab lying prostrate at Mary's feet at Nerga Selassie in Lake Tana, 1748.
Empress of Ethiopia
Tenure8 November 1723 – 19 September 1730
Coronation23 December 1730
Bornc. 1706
Qwara, Begemder Province, Ethiopian Empire
Died27 June 1773(1773-06-27) (aged 66–67)
Qwasqwam Palace, Gondar, Begemder Province, Ethiopian Empire
Burial
Monastery Church of St Mary of Qwasqwam
Spouse
  • Bakaffa
  • Fitawrari “Milmal” Iyasu
IssueIyasu II
Woizero Walatta Takla Haymanot
Woizero Walatta Israel
Woizero Aster
Woizero Altash
Names
Mentewab (birth name)
Walatta Giyorgis (baptismal name)
Berhan Mogassa (throne name)
DynastyHouse of Solomon
FatherDejazmatch Manbare of Dembiya
MotherWoizero Yenkoy

Mentewab (Ge'ez: ምንትዋብ; c. 1706 – 27 June 1773) was Empress of Ethiopia, consort of Emperor Bakaffa, mother of Iyasu II and grandmother of Iyoas I. She was also known officially by her baptismal name of Walatta Giyorgis (Ge'ez: ወለተ ጊዮርጊስ). Mentewab was a major political figure during the reigns of her son the Emperor Iyasu and grandson Iyoas. Empress Mentewab was also known by the honorific of Berhan Mogassa (Ge'ez: ብርሃን ሞገሳ). This was to complement the honorific of her son Iyasu II, who was Berhan Seged.

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Mentewab

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Mentewab (Ge'ez: ምንትዋብ; c. 1706 – 27 June 1773) was Empress of Ethiopia, consort of Emperor Bakaffa, mother of Iyasu II and grandmother of Iyoas I. She...

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Iyoas I

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Karrayyu. Despite his extreme youth, he was the candidate proposed by Empress Mentewab, his grandmother, who then acted as his regent. Her proposal was supported...

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Iyasu II

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son of Emperor Bakaffa and Empress Mentewab (also known by her baptismal name of Welete Giyorgis). The Empress Mentewab played a major role in Iyasu's reign...

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Solomonic dynasty

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of Ras Mikael Sehul, daughter of Mentewab and her lover, Melmal Iyasu, a Solomonic prince and nephew of Mentewab's late husband Bakaffa). The Shewan...

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Fasil Ghebbi

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includes Fasilides' castle, Iyasu I's palace, Dawit III's Hall, Empress Mentewab's castle, a chancellery and library from Yohannes I, a banqueting hall from...

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Gondar

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successive emperors built new palaces, churches, and monuments. Empress Mentewab built her own palace near the vicinity of Fasilides' royal compound, and...

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Gondarine period

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slow decline in Gondar’s supremacy. Emperor Iyasu I's regent, Empress Mentewab, brought her brother Ras Wolde Leul to Gondar and made him Ras Bitwaded...

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Mikael Sehul

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Emperor Iyoas I devastated both dowager queens, Empresses Mentewab and Welete Bersabe, and Mentewab secluded herself at her palace at Qusquam where she buried...

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Ethiopia

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1755, Empress Mentewab brought her brother, Ras Wolde Leul, to Gondar, making him Ras Bitwaded. This led to regnal conflict between Mentewab's Quaregnoch...

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Zemene Mesafint

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a child, allowing his mother, Empress Mentewab to play a major role as his Regent from 1723 to 1730. Mentewab had herself crowned as co-ruler in 1730...

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Makonnen Wolde Mikael

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married to a niece of Empress Taytu Betul, Woizero Mentewab Wale. Makonnen's marriage to Mentewab Wale was never consummated and, in 1902, it was annulled...

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History of Ethiopia

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a child. His mother, Empress Mentewab played a major role in Iyasu's reign, as well as her grandson Iyoas too. Mentewab had herself crowned as co-ruler...

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Narga Selassie

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place and the shade thereabouts. The church was constructed by Empress Mentewab in the late 18th century, apparently using as construction material for...

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Princess Tenagnework

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Tenagnework and Ras Andargatchew Messai were the parents of a daughter, Mentewab Andargachew, who died in childhood. After the death of her mother, Empress...

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Bakaffa

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it stands Mentewab's Castle, which might have been built by Bakaffa's son and heir Iyasu II, but definitely was constructed before Mentewab retired from...

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Yohannes IV

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granddaughter of Ras Mikael Sehul and his wife Aster Iyasu, daughter of Empress Mentewab and Melmal Iyasu, who was a Solomonic prince and nephew of Emperor Bakaffa...

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History of Gondar

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Bakaffa and his widow Empress Mentewab and the first Tigre warlord Ras Mikael Sehul. However, the power was presided to Mentewab and the Amhara lords, where...

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Menelik II

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become the most powerful consort of an Ethiopian monarch since Empress Mentewab. She enjoyed considerable influence on Menelik and his court until the...

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White Africans of European ancestry

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country's history over the next two centuries; for example, the Empress Mentewab was extremely proud of her Portuguese ancestry. In the late 17th century...

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Seble Desta

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Princess Sophia Desta, Iskinder Desta, Princess Mary Retta and Woizerit Mentewab Andargatchew (who died in childhood). During Mussolinis's invasion of Ethiopia...

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Menen Asfaw

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Hirut Desta Princess Sophia Desta Emebet Tsige Mariam Abebe Retta Emebet Mentewab Andargatchew (died in childhood) Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen 27 July 1914...

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1922 regnal list of Ethiopia

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legitimate female monarch reigned over Ethiopia until Empress Zewditu in 1913. Mentewab had herself crowned co-ruler on the accession of her son Iyasu II in 1730...

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List of regents

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regent between 1507 and 1516 during the minority of Emperor Dawit II. Mentewab for her son Iyasu II Ras Tessema Nadew in 1913 during the minority of Iyasu...

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1773

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June 21 – Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Spanish geodesist (b. 1713) June 27 – Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. c. 1706) July 5 – Francisco José Freire...

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1722

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Emperor and begins her rise to power as the Empress Mentewab. Upon Bakaffa's death in 1730, Mentewab becomes the regent for her son by Bakaffa, Iyasu II...

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Yohannes II

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crowned emperor the next day. Where it begins to diverge is by stating that Mentewab was separated from her grandson and expelled from the palace before Yohannes...

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History of painting

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Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa A 1748 portrait of the Ethiopian Empress Mentewab, an important figure of the Zemene Mesafint, prostrating herself before...

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Yejju

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alliances between noble Yejju Oromos and elite Amharas were frequent. It was Mentewab, the wife of Bakaffa, who arranged marriage alliance between her son Iyasu...

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Portuguese Africans

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cohort, Portuguese are also present in Ethiopia. For instance, Empress Mentewab is arguably one of the most prominent Portuguese-Ethiopians. In Rwanda...

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Iyasu I

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is unknown. Her son was Gerazmach Iyasu, the second husband of Empress Mentewab. Source say 15th of Hamle which is 15th of July, see Ethiopian calendar...

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