Ruler · 1399 – 1468

Zara Yaqob

Lived 1399 – 1468; monarch. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1434 – 1468.

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Lived: 1399 – 1468; 69 years
In office: 34 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 20th of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

16 before

Takla Maryam1430 – 1433

Sarwe Iyasus1433

Amda Iyasus1433 – 1434

Zara Yaqob1434 – 1468

Baeda Maryam I1468 – 1478

Eskender1471 – 1494

Amda Seyon II1494

56 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 1434 – 1468 · 34 years · came to it aged 35

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1468, the year they died

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