Sons of Yagbe'u Seyon
Senfa Ared IV. ( Äthiop. ሰይፈ አርድ ፬ኛ) was 1294-1295 Negus Negest ( Kaiser ) of Ethiopia .
Hezba Asgad (ህዝብ አስገድ) was Negus Negest of Ethiopia from 1295 to 1296.
Qedma Asgad (ቅድመ አስግድ) was Negus Negest of Ethiopia from 1296 to 1297.
Jin Asgad (ጅን አሰገድ) was Negus Negest of Ethiopia from 1297 to 1298.
Saba Asgad (ሳባ አሰገድ) was Negus Negest of Ethiopia from 1298 to 1299.
These sons of Emperor Yagbe'u Seyon ruled Ethiopia for one year each. Historians disagree about the circumstances of the succession to the throne. Paul B. Henze claims that Yagbe'u Seyon could not decide which of his sons to bequeath the kingdom to. So he determined that everyone should rule for a year. On the other hand, following the reign of Yagbe'u Seyon, Taddesse Tamrat recorded a period of disorder in the imperial family, during which each of the sons held the throne for a period. EA Wallis Budge adds the lore that Jin Asgad instituted the use of Amba Geshen as a royal prison for troubling relatives of the emperor when he was forced to imprison his traitorous brother Saba Asgad. At the same time, he had his three other brothers and his own sons incarcerated at Amba Geshen.
Whatever the situation, it was ultimately ended with Wedem Arad's accession to the throne .
literature
- ^ Paul B. Henze: Layers of Time, A History of Ethiopia . Palgrave (New York 2000), p. 60.
- ^ Taddesse Tamrat: Church and State in Ethiopia . Clarendon Press (Oxford 1972), p. 72.
- ^ EA Walis Budge: A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia . 1928, p. 287.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Solomon I. |
Emperor of Ethiopia 1294–1299 |
Wedem Arad |