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Mentewab (Ge'ez: ምንትዋብ; c. 1706 – 27 June 1773) was
Empress of Ethiopia,
consort of
Emperor Bakaffa,
mother (and regent) of
Iyasu II and
grandmother of...
- son of
Emperor Bakaffa and
Empress Mentewab (also
known by her
baptismal name of
Welete Giyorgis). The
Empress Mentewab pla**** a
major role in Iyasu's reign...
- Karrayyu.
Despite his
extreme youth, he was the
candidate proposed by
Empress Mentewab, his grandmother, who then
acted as his regent. Her
proposal was supported...
- of Ras
Mikael Sehul,
daughter of
Mentewab and her lover,
Melmal Iyasu, a
Solomonic prince and
nephew of
Mentewab's late
husband Bakaffa). The Shewan...
- 1755,
Empress Mentewab brought her brother, Ras
Wolde Leul, to Gondar,
making him Ras Bitwaded. This led to
regnal conflict between Mentewab's Quaregnoch...
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characterized by
glorious personalities of
Emperors such as
Iyasu I, Bakaffa,
Mentewab, and
Dawit III. All
castles and
churches were
highly centralized for royal...
- it
stands Mentewab's Castle,
which might have been
built by Bakaffa's son and heir
Iyasu II, but
definitely was
constructed before Mentewab retired from...
-
Emperor Iyoas I
devastated both
dowager queens,
Empresses Mentewab and
Welete Bersabe, and
Mentewab secluded herself at her
palace at
Qusquam where she buried...
- a child,
allowing his mother,
Empress Mentewab to play a
major role as his
Regent from 1723 to 1730.
Mentewab had
herself crowned as co-ruler in 1730...
- slow
decline in Gondar’s supremacy.
Emperor Iyasu I's regent,
Empress Mentewab,
brought her
brother Ras
Wolde Leul to
Gondar and made him Ras Bitwaded...
