Sofya of Axum information

Sofya (4th-century), was a queen consort and regent of the Kingdom of Axum. She was married to king Ella Amida (Ousanas). She was widowed in c. 330, and...

The kings of Axum ruled an important trading state in the area which is now Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, from 400 B.C–960 AD. Axum Lists of office-holders...

still a child but his mother, Sofya then served as regent until he came of age. Ezana was the first monarch of the Kingdom of Aksum to embrace Christianity...

story of the Ethiopian Eunuch. Wakana (reigned 230 AD) – Reigned for 2 days. Ahywa Sofya (reigned 299–332 AD) – Likely based on Sofya of Axum, mother of Ezana...

Ousanas (fl. 320) was a King of Axum. Stuart Munro-Hay believes that it is "very likely" that Ousanas is the king to whom Aedesius and Frumentius were...

will deal with the history of ancient Sudan and how this became interwoven into the history of the Kingdom of Axum, the region of Abyssinia (which includes...

queen Makeda (the Biblical Queen of Sheba) and king Solomon. The rulers that followed Menelik were the kings of Axum, the Zagwe dynasty and the Solomonic...

consorts of Ethiopia were spouses of the monarchs of Ethiopia. In ancient times the territory of modern day Ethiopia included the Kingdom of Axum. In medieval...