Ethiopia's Era of the Princes

Name: Ethiopia's Era of the Princes
Start: 1769
End: 1855
Location: Gondar (Ethiopia)

1769–1855 · Gondar (Ethiopia) · Africa · Politics

Emperors reign but do not rule as warlords carve up the land

In 1769 Ras Mikael Sehul of Tigray had Emperor Iyoas I killed and turned the throne at Gondar into a plaything of the nobility. For nearly ninety years Ethiopia was in effect ruled by rival regional lords, the rases, while emperors, sometimes replaced several times a year, were puppets. The era ended in 1855, when Tewodros II reunited the country by force.

State: Ethiopian Empire

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