This article is about the Ethiopian dynasty. For the biblical lineage including Solomon, see Davidic line.
House of Solomon
ሰሎሞናዊው ሥርወ መንግሥት Sälomonawīwi širiwä menigišiti
Solomonic dynasty
Country
Ethiopian Empire
Place of origin
Bete Amhara
Founded
1270 AD
Founder
Yekuno Amlak
Current head
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Final ruler
Haile Selassie
Titles
Emperor of Ethiopia -- Atse
King of Kings/Queen of Kings -- Negusa Nagast/Negesta Nagastat
Negus
Elect of God
King of Zion
King of Abyssinia
Duke
Ras
Leul
Deposition
12 September 1974
Cadet branches
Gondarine Branch
Shewan Branch
Selalle branch
Tigrean Branch
Gojjam Branch
The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. The dynasty was founded by Yekuno Amlak, who overthrew the Zagwe dynasty in 1270. His successors claimed he was descended from the legendary king Menelik I, the supposed son of the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, in order to legitimize the dynasty's assumption of power. Although this claimed ancestry gave the dynasty its name, there is no credible evidence that the dynasty was descended from Solomon or the Davidic line. The Solomonic dynasty remained in power until 1974, when its last emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown by a coup d'état.
The Solomonicdynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries....
notable pre-Solomonic usage of the title "Negusa Nagast" was by Ezana of Axum; despite this, prior to the beginning of the SolomonicDynasty, most Axumite...
Judah was also one of the titles used by Ethiopian emperors from the Solomonicdynasty. The biblical Judah (in Hebrew: Yehuda) is the eponymous ancestor...
Zagwe dynasty, who established a new capital at Lalibela before giving way to the Solomonicdynasty in the 13th century. During the early Solomonic period...
origin of the Solomonicdynasty and all the Solomonic emperors were Amhara with the exception of Yohannes IV since the rise of the dynasty in 1270. The...
architecture Solomonicdynasty of the Ethiopian Empire Relating to the Solomon Islands Northwest Solomonic languages Southeast Solomonic languages Solomon...
rulers that followed Menelik were the kings of Axum, the Zagwe dynasty and the Solomonicdynasty. Some monarchs who ruled before Menelik are recorded in different...
dynasty ruled the north-central parts of Ethiopia until being overthrown by Yekuno Amlak in 1270, inaugurating the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic...
historically reliable work. It is considered to hold the genealogy of the Solomonicdynasty, which followed the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The text contains an...
of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea from the establishment of the Solomonicdynasty by Yekuno Amlak approximately in 1270 until the 1974 coup d'etat by...
national epic, in the 10th century BC he is said to have inaugurated the Solomonicdynasty of Ethiopia, so named because Menelik I was the son of the biblical...
people of God. More importantly to the SolomonicDynasty however, it provided the grounds for the “restored Solomonic” Empire, so named because of its renewed...
the Red Sea. The Zagwe dynasty was overthrown in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, whose successors came to be known as the Solomonicdynasty. The Kebra Nagast, a 14th-century...
Yekuno Amlak based his uprising against the Zagwe dynasty from an enclave in Shewa. He claimed Solomonic forebears, direct descendants of the pre-Zagwe Axumite...
emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonicdynasty in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when...
during the early Solomonicdynasty (1270–1974). In this period, written histories were usually in the form of royal biographies and dynastic chronicles, supplemented...
century. In short, during the Zemene Mesafint, the Emperors from the Solomonicdynasty were reduced to little more than figureheads confined to the capital...
Begemder at the Battle of Anchem in 1928. He was a member of the Solomonicdynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, a legendary figure...
medieval times, a kingdom ruled by the Zagwe dynasty developed but was later deposed by the Solomonicdynasty, who would establish the Ethiopian Empire....
Bagrationi dynasty § Origins Claim of the biblical descent of the Bagrationi dynasty Christ History of ancient Israel and Judah Solomonicdynasty Jewish principles...
the Solomonicdynasty actually began in 1270 with the emperor Yekuno Amlak, who, with the support of the Ethiopian Church, overthrew the Zagwe dynasty, which...
nevertheless, formed the basis of his dynasty's pretense that Yekuno Amlak "restored" the Solomonicdynasty to the Ethiopian throne when he overthrew...
The Makhzumi dynasty also known as Sultanate of Shewa or Shewa Sultanate, was a Muslim kingdom in present-day Ethiopia. Its capital Walale was situated...
not endorse the new dynasty. The mystery of the Zagwe dynasty is perhaps darkest around its replacement by the Solomonicdynasty under Yekuno Amlak. The...
Judah Solomon and Marcolf Solomon in Islam Solomon's Pools Solomonic column Solomonicdynasty The Judgement of Solomon (Giorgione) Prison of Solomon Throne...
the Menelik dynasty on earlier regnal lists. Zagwe dynasty (920–1253) (11 monarchs) Solomonicdynasty (1253–1555) (26 monarchs) and its Gondarian branch...
period. The Kanem Empire in what is now Chad reached its apex. The Solomonicdynasty in Ethiopia and the Zimbabwe Kingdom were founded. 1202: Introduction...
Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Adalite armies continued the struggle against the Solomonicdynasty, a campaign historically known as the Conquest of Abyssinia or Futuh...
they were wholly unfamiliar with the Talmud. In 1270 the Christian Solomonicdynasty was established and set out to consolidate its hegemony by subjugating...