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Woizero Eleni
Embet Ilen (c.1801 – 1851) was a high-born woman and political leader during the Zemene Mesafint in present-day Eritrea. The mother of Woldemichael Solomon, Embet Ilen "was without any doubt the most emancipated woman in Marab-Millash (Eritrean Highlands, highland Eritrea) in the nineteenth century." Embet Ilen was given in marriage to Ayte Selomon, the eldest son of Kantiba Zar'ay, ruler of Hazzega. After acceding to office in the mid-1820s, Selemon attacked Tse'azzega. Swiftly defeated, he fled to Gura'e. After two unsuccessful attempts to avenge her husband's defeat, Ilen allied with Shum-Agame Subagadis, who appointed Ilen governor of Hamasien, Hamasen, but then himself died in 1831. Ilen kept her office by managing to ally with Wube Haile Maryam. In the late 1840s she gave up her regency to her son, Woldemichael Solomon. However, after being blamed for the murder of an old enemy, Kantiba Woldegaber, she was unable to find a safe place to live in exile. References 1800s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zemene Mesafint
The Zemene Mesafint ( gez, ዘመነ መሳፍንት ''zamana masāfint'', modern: ''zemene mesāfint'', variously translated "Era of Judges," "Era of the Princes," "Age of Princes," etc.; named after the Book of Judges) was a period in Ethiopian history between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries when the country was ruled by a class of regional noblemen and the emperor was merely a figurehead. For the most part, the regional lords were tightly related by marriage and constituted a stable ruling elite that prevailed until the mid 20th century. In short, during the Zamana Masafint, the Emperors from the Solomonic dynasty were reduced to little more than figureheads confined to the capital city of Gondar. The most powerful lords during the Zemene Mesafint were Ras Mikael Sehul of Tigre and later the Were Seh Dynasty who included Ras Ali I, Ras Aligaz, Ras Gugsa and Ras Ali II based in Yeju, a region in Wollo. . The most powerful lords such as Ras Ali and Ras Gugsa were memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
