Ruler · 1572 – 1632

Susenyos I

Lived 1572 – 1632. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1606 – 1632.

Wikidata's English label: Susenyos.

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

Lived: 1572 – 1632; 60 years
In office: 26 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: abdicated; the ruler's own article

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 32nd of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

28 before

Yaqob of Ethiopia1597 – 1603

Za Dengel1603 – 1604

Yaqob of Ethiopia1604 – 1607

Susenyos I1606 – 1632

Fasilides1632 – 1667

Yohannes I1667 – 1682

Iyasu I1682 – 1706

44 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 1606 – 1632 · 26 years · came to it aged 34

Left it: abdicatedread from the ruler's own article

After announcing his act of toleration, Susenyos abdicated in favor of Fasilides.

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