Ruler · 1695 – 1721

Dawit III

Lived 1695 – 1721; monarch. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1716 – 1721.

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Lived: 1695 – 1721; 26 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 39th of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

35 before

Tekle Haymanot I1706 – 1708

Dawit III1716 – 1721

37 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 1716 – 1721 · 5 years · came to it aged 21

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1721, the year they died

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