Ruler · 1778 – 1855

Sahle Dengel

Lived 1778 – 1855; ruler. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1832 – 1840 and 3 more terms.

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Lived: 1778 – 1855; 77 years
In office: 21 years; 4 reigns
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 66th, 68th, 70th and 72nd of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

62 before

Gigar1826 – 1830

Iyasu IV1830 – 1832

Gebre Krestos1832

Sahle Dengel1832 – 1840

Yohannes III1840 – 1841

Sahle Dengel1841 – 1845

Yohannes III1845

Sahle Dengel1845 – 1850

Yohannes III1850 – 1851

Sahle Dengel1851 – 1855

Tewodros II1855 – 1868

Yohannes IV1871 – 1889

Menelik II1889 – 1913

4 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 1832 – 1840 · 8 years · came to it aged 54 · term 1 of 4

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1840; they died in 1855

Reigned 1841 – 1845 · 4 years · came to it aged 63 · term 2 of 4

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1845; they died in 1855

Reigned 1845 – 1850 · 5 years · came to it aged 67 · term 3 of 4

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1850; they died in 1855

Reigned 1851 – 1855 · 4 years · came to it aged 73 · term 4 of 4

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1855, the year they died

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