Solomonic dynasty
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The Solomonic dynasty 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. Accor
Coronation of Haile Selassie as Negus ("King") of the Ethiopian Empire in 1928. He would be crowned again in 1930 as Neguse Negest ("King of Kings").
Imperial sarcophagi of the Solomonic Dynasty Emperor Haile Selassie I and his wife at the Holy Trinity Cathedral
Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate, a member of the Solomonic dynasty
Haile Selassie
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Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930.
Solomonic dynasty
…son of the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba of 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 Solomonic dynasty is the name given by modern historians to the line of Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monarchs that…
Selassie in 1970
Haile Selassie Portrait
Then Tafari Makonnen wearing a warrior's dress
Ras Makonnen Woldemikael and his son Lij Tafari Makonnen