Andreyas (Ge'ez: አንድሬያስ) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1429 to 1430, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was a son of Yeshaq I, succeeded his father when he was very young. According to Al-Maqrizi, his reign lasted only four months, whereas the short chronicles states he reigned for a period of six months. His uncle Takla Maryam reigned after him.[3]
| Andreyas ዓፄ አንድሬያስ | |
|---|---|
| Emperor of Ethiopia | |
| Reign | September 1429 – March 1430[1] |
| Predecessor | Yeshaq I |
| Successor | Takla Maryam |
| Died | March 1430[2] |
| House | House of Solomon |
| Father | Yeshaq I |
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Church |
The British explorer James Bruce, who wrote one of the earliest European histories of Abyssinia, reports little more than Andreyas was buried with his father at the Tadbaba Maryam monastery.[4]
References
edit- ^ Stewart, John (2006). African States and Rulers (third ed.). London: McFarland & Company Inc. p. 93.
- ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 303.
- ^ Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro; Yimam, Baye, eds. (2003). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 300. ISBN 9783447052382.
- ^ James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1805 edition), vol. 3, p. 98
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