Ruler · 1350 – 1413

Dawit I

Lived 1350 – 1413; politician. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1382 – 1413.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1350 – 1413; 63 years
In office: 31 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: died by accident; Wikidata's manner of death

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 13th of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

9 before

Amda Seyon I1314 – 1344

Newaya Krestos1344 – 1372

Newaya Maryam1371 – 1380

Dawit I1382 – 1413

Tewodros I1413 – 1414

Yeshaq I1414 – 1429

Andreyas1429 – 1430

63 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1382 – 1413 · 31 years · came to it aged 32

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died by accidentWikidata's manner of death: accidental death; horse fall

A notable horseman, Dawit was killed when his horse lashed out and kicked him in the head.

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