List of rulers of Shewa

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Ruler of Shewa
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Family tree of the Shewan rulers


Details
Style	His Majesty
First monarch	Abeto Nagasi Krestos
Last monarch	Sahle Mariam
Formation	c. 1682
Abolition	10 March 1889
Residence	Ankober Debre Birhan Qundi (1808–1813) Doqaqit (1745–1805) Yifat
Appointer	Hereditary

This article lists the rulers of Shewa, a historical region of Ethiopia.

c. 960–1270

According to tradition, the Solomonic dynasty (1270–1974) was descended from king Solomon and queen Makeda via the kings of Axum. After Axum was destroyed by Gudit in the 10th century, the royal family fled to Shewa and reigned there for 330 years before the accession of Yekuno Amlak.^[1] A line of kings ruled at Shewa during the time of the Zagwe dynasty and claimed descent from Dil Na'od, the last king of Axum.^[2] The 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia includes eight unnumbered kings described as "8 generations of an Israelitish dynasty" who "did not mount the throne".^[3]

Ruler^[3]	Reign	Notes
Mahbara Wedem	c. 960
Agbea Tseyon
Tsenfa Arad
Nagash Zare
Asfeh
Yakob
Bahr Asagad
Asgud		Additional name found on one regnal list quoted by Egyptologist Henry Salt.^[4]
Edem Asagad	c. 1210–1255^[5]
Yekuno Amlak	c. 1255–1270	Defeated the last Zagwe king and became Emperor of Ethiopia (r. 1270–1285).

1682–1889

Claiming Solomonic descent, Nagasi Krestos established Shewa as an autonomous region of the weakening Ethiopian Empire in the 17th century before requesting the title of Meridazmatch, which would be adopted by his successors, and beginning a southern expansion of his realm that would culminate in the conquests of his descendant Menelik II.

Ruler	Reign	Notes
Nagasi Krestos	c. 1682 – c. 1703	Abeto
Sebestyanos	c. 1703 – c. 1718	Merid Azmach
Kidane Kale (Abuye)	c. 1718 – c. 1744	Merid Azmach
Amha Iyasus (Amhayes)	c. 1744 – c. 1775	Merid Azmach
Asfaw Wossen	c. 1775 – c. 1808	Merid Azmach
Wossen Seged	c. 1808 – June 1813	Merid Azmach and Ras
Sahle Selassie	12 June 1813 – 22 October 1847	Merid Azmach, after 1839 Negus
Haile Melekot	22 October 1847 – 9 November 1855	Negus
Sahle Mariam	9 November 1855 – 1856	First reign as Negus
Haile Mikael	1856 to 1859	Son of Sahle Selassie, appointed Meridazmach by Emperor Tewodros II
Bezabeh	1859	First reign, appointed by Emperor Tewodros II
Seyfe	1859 – 1860	Son of Sahle Selassie, self-appointed Merid Azmach against Emperor Tewodros II
Bezabeh	1860 – 1865	Second reign, restored by Emperor Tewodros II
Sahle Mariam	August 1865 – 10 March 1889	Second reign as Negus, became Emperor Menelik II