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Zara Yaqob was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1434 to 1468. He was born in 1399 in Telq, Ethiopia and was a member of the Solomonic dynasty. Zara Yaqob was considered one of the greatest rulers of Ethiopia since the Aksumite Empire and brought stability and expansion during his reign. He faced challenges early in life, such as jealousy from his older brother that forced him into exile, but overcame this to become a powerful emperor who modern scholars highly regard.

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Zara Yavob

Zara Yaqob was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1434 to 1468. He was born in 1399 in Telq, Ethiopia and was a member of the Solomonic dynasty. Zara Yaqob was considered one of the greatest rulers of Ethiopia since the Aksumite Empire and brought stability and expansion during his reign. He faced challenges early in life, such as jealousy from his older brother that forced him into exile, but overcame this to become a powerful emperor who modern scholars highly regard.

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Zara Yaqob

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This article is about the medieval emperor. For the early modern philosopher, see Zera Yacob
(philosopher). For the current crown prince, see Zera Yacob Amha Selassie.
Constantine I of Ethiopia
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign 1434–1468
Coronation 1436
Predecessor Amda Iyasus
Successor Baeda Maryam I
Zara Yaqob (ዘርአ:ያዕቆብ)
Born 1399
Telq[1]
Died 1468 (aged 68–69)
Consort Eleni
House House of Solomon
Religion Ethiopian Christian
This article contains Ethiopic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters.

Zar'a Ya`qob or Zera Yacob (Ge'ez ዘርአ:ያዕቆብ zar'ā yāʿiqōb,[nb 1] English: "Descendant of


Jacob"; 1399 – 26 August 1468) was the Emperor (nəgusä nägäst) of Ethiopia, and a
member of the Solomonic dynasty who ruled under regnal name Kwestantinos
I (Ge'ez ቈስታንቲኖስ qʷastāntīnōs) or Constantine I, from the old province of Shewa, where
the capital of the Amhara emperors was located before the post-16th-century Oromo
migrations and the destructive war with Gran Ahmad. Born at Telq in the province of
Fatajar (now part of the Oromia Region, near the Awash River), Zara Yaqob was the
Jyoungest son of Dawit I and his youngest wife, Igzi Kebra.
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The British expert on Ethiopia, Edward Ullendorff, stated that Zara Yaqob "was
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unquestionably the greatest ruler Ethiopia had seen since Ezana, during the heyday
pof Aksumite power, and none of his successors on the throne – excepted only the
Jemperors Menelik II and Haile Selassie – can be compared to him."[2]
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Paul B. Henze repeats the tradition that the jealousy of his older brother Tewodros I forced
othe courtiers to take Zara Yaqob to Tigray where he was brought up in secret, and
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peducated in Axum and at the monastery of Debre Abbay.[3] While admitting that this
ntradition "is invaluable as providing a religious background for Zar'a-Ya'iqob's career",
Taddesse
ta Tamrat dismisses this story as "very improbable in its details." The professor
notes
ov that Zara Yaqob wrote in his Mashafa Berhan that "he was brought down from the
royal
i prison of Mount Gishan only on the eve of his accession to the throne." [4]
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