Andreyas () was

Emperor of Ethiopia The emperor of Ethiopia (, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. The emperor w ...

from 1429 to 1430, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was a son of

Yeshaq I Yeshaq I (), throne name: Gabra Masqal II (Ge'ez: ገብረ መስቀል) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1414 to 1429/1430, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the second son of Emperor Dawit I. Ancestry Of Amhara lineage. Yeshaq I wa ...

, succeeded his father when he was very young. According to

Al-Maqrizi Al-Maqrīzī (, full name Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī, ; 1364–1442) was a medieval Egyptian historian and biographer during the Mamluk era, known for his interest in the Fat ...

, 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 (), throne name Hezbe Nañ () was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1430 to 1433, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the third son of Dawit I. Manoel de Almeida remarks that the descendants of Takla Maryam had been taken from Am ...

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 physically confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North and East Africa and in 1770 became the fir ...

, 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 titl ...

monastery.James Bruce, ''Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'' (1805 edition), vol. 3, p. 98

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1430 deaths 15th-century monarchs in Africa 15th-century emperors of Ethiopia Solomonic dynasty Year of birth unknown {{Ethiopia-hist-stub