Iyasu I
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Iyasu I, throne name Adyam Sagad, also known as Iyasu the Great, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 19 July 1682 until his death in 1706, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.
Iyasu I with his court
Iyasu's Palace in the Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar
Illustration of Iyasu I from the book "Ethiopian chronicles of the XVII-XVIII centuries." (1929)
Tewodros II
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Tewodros II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint.
Iyasu I
…and assassinated by the relatives of one of his concubines. A series of ineffectual emperors followed and imperial power declined until the advent of Tewodros II in the middle of the nineteenth century. Of Amhara descent, Iyasu I was the son of Emperor Yohannes I by his wife Sabla Wangel…
Tewodros II depicted in Histoire de l'Ethiopie d'Axoum à la révolution
Tewodros II seal
Italian depiction of Ras Kassa c. 1850
Emperor Tewodros II supervising crossing of the Blue Nile