Names
ልብነ፡ ድንግል፡ Lǝbna Dǝngǝl ʾaṣe role: title ወናግ፡ ሰገድ፡ Wanāg Sagad ዳዊት፡ Dāwit II Incense of the Virgin The Lion has submitted to him David ንብለ፡ ድንግል፡ Nǝbla Dǝngǝl ልምነ፡ ድንግል፡ Lǝmna Dǝngǝl
Birth
1496
Period of Activity
He sat on Solomonic throne, when he succeeded his father King Nāʿod and ruled the kingdom until 1540. During his minority, however, the kingom was effectively governed by a group of leading court figures and nobels among whom his step grand mother, ʾƎleni was paramount. Next importance came rās role: titleWasan Sagad and his mother Nāʿod Mogasā . The years before the wars with ʾAḥmad were mostly peaceful for the Christian kingdom, and it was a time of economic and cultural prosperity. Lǝbna Dǝngǝl was defeated by ʾAḥmad forces in the battle of Šǝmbǝrä Kwǝre↗ , in 1529, which made him fugitive in his own realm. Being chased from Šawā↗ to Dāmot↗ to Wag↗ to ʾAmḥarā↗ to Dambǝyā↗ and finally he found a refugee in the monastery of Dabra Dāmmo↗ , where he died in 1540.
Death
1540
Notes
Lǝmna Dǝngǝl appears in ʾaṣe role: titleGalāwdewos ’s letter to the Roman Pope, Paul III (1534-1549), cp. Raineri 2003, 57.For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.
Names
- birth: ልብነ፡ ድንግል፡ gez
- ʾaṣe role: title
- regnal: ወናግ፡ ሰገድ፡ gez
- regnal: ዳዊት፡ gez
- birth: ንብለ፡ ድንግል፡ gez
- birth: ልምነ፡ ድንግል፡ gez
Dates
Birth: 1496
Period of activity: 1508–1540
Death: 1540
Occupation
Emperor
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Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Kleiner, M. 2007. ‘Lǝbnä Dǝngǝl’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 535b–537b.
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