Andreyas

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Andreyas
አንድሬያስ
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign1429–1430
PredecessorYeshaq I
SuccessorTakla Maryam
DiedMarch 1430[1]
HouseHouse of Solomon
FatherYeshaq I
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Church

Andreyas (Ge'ez: አንድሬያስ) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1429 to 1430, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was a son of Yeshaq I, succeeded his father when he was very young. According to Al-Maqrizi, his reign lasted only four months, whereas the short chronicles states he reigned for a period of six months. His uncle Takla Maryam reigned after him.[2]

The British explorer James Bruce, who wrote one of the earliest European histories of Abyssinia, reports little more than Andreyas was buried with his father at the Tadbaba Maryam monastery.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 303.
  2. ^ Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro; Yimam, Baye, eds. (2003). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 300. ISBN 9783447052382.
  3. ^ James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1805 edition), vol. 3, p. 98
Regnal titles
Preceded by Emperor of Ethiopia
1429–1430
Succeeded by