Andreyas ( gez, አንድሬያስ) was
Emperor of Ethiopia
The emperor of Ethiopia ( gez, ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse ( am, ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century ...
from 1429 to 1430, and a member of the
Solomonic dynasty
The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire formed in the thirteenth century. Its members claim lineal descent from the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Tradition asserts ...
. He was a son of
Yeshaq I, succeeded his father when he was very young. According to
Al-Maqrizi
Al-Maqrīzī or Maḳrīzī (Arabic: ), whose full name was Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī (Arabic: ) (1364–1442) was a medieval Egyptian Arab historian during the Mamluk era, kn ...
, his reign lasted only four months, whereas the ''short chronicles'' states he reigned for a period of six months. His uncle
Takla Maryam
Takla Maryam ( gez, ተክለ ማርያም), throne name Hezbe Nañ ( gez, ሕዝበ ናኝ) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1430 to 1433, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the second son of Dawit I.
Manoel de Almeida remarks that the de ...
reigned after him.
The British explorer
James Bruce
James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia and in 1770 became the first Europ ...
, who wrote one of the earliest European histories of Abyssinia, reports little more than Andreyas was buried with his father at the
Tadbaba Maryam
Tadbaba Maryam, also called Tadbaba Zion in ancient times (meaning "tabernacle of St Mary/Zion"), is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church located in the place of Sayint in South Wollo, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. The current church bears the title ...
monastery.
[James Bruce, ''Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'' (1805 edition), vol. 3, p. 98]
References
1430 deaths
15th-century monarchs in Africa
15th-century emperors of Ethiopia
Solomonic dynasty
Year of birth unknown
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