Emperor of Ethiopia

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head of state position monarchical title

The Emperor of Ethiopia was the sovereign ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, traditionally regarded as a sacred monarch and one of the world's longest-continuously reigning imperial titles until its abolition in the 20th century.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Emperor of Ethiopia canonical 8
Emperor of Ethiopia in exile 1
Ethiopian emperors 1

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state position ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
abolished 1974 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Atse ⓘ
Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: King of Kings of Ethiopia

Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Negiste Negest ⓘ
surface form: Nəgusä Nägäst
associatedWith Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
imperial court of Haile Selassie I ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian imperial court

Ethiopian nobility ⓘ
Rastafari movement ⓘ
capital Addis Ababa ⓘ
ceremonialLanguage Ge'ez ⓘ
coatOfArms Imperial coat of arms of Ethiopia ⓘ
considered sacred monarch ⓘ
coronationLocation Addis Ababa ⓘ
Aksum ⓘ
surface form: Axum

Gondar ⓘ
coronationRite anointing by Ethiopian Orthodox clergy ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
domain Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
dynasty House of Shewa ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty ⓘ
Zagwe dynasty ⓘ
existedFrom 13th century ⓘ
existedUntil 20th century ⓘ
firstHolder Yekuno Amlak ⓘ
governingSystem absolute monarchy ⓘ
heldBy Amda Seyon I ⓘ
Baeda Maryam I ⓘ
Dawit II ⓘ
Fasilides ⓘ
Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Iyasu I ⓘ
Menelik II ⓘ
Susenyos I ⓘ
Tewodros II ⓘ
Yekuno Amlak ⓘ
Yohannes IV ⓘ
Zara Yaqob ⓘ
surface form: Zar'a Ya'iqob

Zara Yaqob ⓘ
languageOfTitle Amharic ⓘ
Ge'ez ⓘ
lastHolder Haile Selassie I ⓘ
laterGoverningSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1974 abolished monarchy ⓘ
notableEventDuringTenure Battle of Adwa ⓘ
Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
surface form: Italian invasion of Ethiopia

Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
modernization of Ethiopia ⓘ
powerBasis feudal system ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
predecessorTitle Negus of Abyssinia ⓘ
surface form: King of Axum
rank emperor ⓘ
reasonForAbolition 1974 Ethiopian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Revolution
recognizedAs one of the longest‑continuously reigning imperial titles in the world ⓘ
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
residence Entoto Palace ⓘ
Fasil Ghebbi (in Gondar city) ⓘ
surface form: Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar

National Palace, Addis Ababa ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Palace, Addis Ababa

National Palace, Addis Ababa ⓘ
surface form: Jubilee Palace, Addis Ababa

Mekelle Palace ⓘ
style Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Elect of God ⓘ
His Imperial Majesty ⓘ
succeededBy Derg ⓘ
Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia ⓘ
symbol Ethiopian flag ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian imperial flag

Lion of Judah ⓘ
termLength life tenure ⓘ
traditionalLegitimacyClaim descent from King Solomon ⓘ
descent from the Queen of Sheba ⓘ
descent from the biblical Tribe of Judah ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Victor Emmanuel III of Italy → positionHeld → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy → nobleTitle → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire → headOfStateTitle → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
of Savoy → positionHeld → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
subject surface form: Victor Emmanuel III of Savoy
Menelik II → positionHeld → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
Jah → hasTitle → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings (via Haile Selassie I)
Coronation of Haile Selassie I → coronatedTitle → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
Negusa Nagast → usedBy → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian emperors
Asfaw Wossen Haile Selassie → positionHeld → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor of Ethiopia in exile
King Lalibela → title → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Ethiopia
Imperial Ethiopian Army → allegiance → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
Emperor of Ethiopia → alsoKnownAs → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of Ethiopia
Treaty of Wuchale → hasSignatoryTitle → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopian royal chronicles → mainSubject → Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian monarchs