Solomonic dynasty

Imperial Ethiopian dynasty (1270–1974)

The Solomonic dynasty was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. The dynasty was founded by Yekuno Amlak, who overthrew the Zagwe dynasty in 1270. According to the dynasty's founding, he was descended from the legendary king Menelik I, the son of the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba of the Davidic line.

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