Ruler · 1201 – 1314

Wedem Arad

Lived 1201 – 1314; politician. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1299 – 1314.

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Lived: 1201 – 1314; 113 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 9th of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

5 before

Qedma Asgad1296 – 1297

Jin Asgad1297 – 1298

Saba Asgad1298 – 1299

Wedem Arad1299 – 1314

Amda Seyon I1314 – 1344

Newaya Krestos1344 – 1372

Newaya Maryam1371 – 1380

67 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 1299 – 1314 · 15 years · came to it aged 98

Came to it: seized power
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1314, the year they died

He was the brother of Yagbe'u Seyon, and seized power from his nephews.

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