Ruler · 1590 – 1607

Yaqob of Ethiopia

Lived 1590 – 1607; monarch. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1597 – 1603 and 1 more term.

Wikidata's English label: Yaqob.

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Lived: 1590 – 1607; 17 years
In office: 9 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 29th and 31st of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

25 before

Gelawdewos1540 – 1559

Menas of Ethiopia1559 – 1563

Sarsa Dengel1563 – 1597

Yaqob of Ethiopia1597 – 1603

Za Dengel1603 – 1604

Yaqob of Ethiopia1604 – 1607

Susenyos I1606 – 1632

Fasilides1632 – 1667

Yohannes I1667 – 1682

45 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 1597 – 1603 · 6 years · came to it aged 7 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1603; they died in 1607

Reigned 1604 – 1607 · 3 years · came to it aged 14 · term 2 of 2

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1607, the year they died

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