The royal consorts of Ethiopia were spouses of the
monarchs of Ethiopia. In ancient times the territory of modern day Ethiopia included the
Kingdom of Axum
The Kingdom of Aksum ( gez, መንግሥተ አክሱም, ), also known as the Kingdom of Axum or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom centered in Northeast Africa and South Arabia from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages. Based primarily in wha ...
. In medieval times, a kingdom ruled by the
Zagwe dynasty
The Zagwe dynasty ( Ge'ez: ዛጔ ሥርወ መንግሥት) was an Agaw medieval dynasty that ruled the northern parts of Ethiopia and Eritrea, after the historical name of the Lasta province. Centered at Lalibela, it ruled large parts of the t ...
developed but was later deposed by 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 ...
, who would establish the
Ethiopian Empire
The Ethiopian Empire (), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ , , Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: ''Itiyoophiyaa''), was an empire that historical ...
. The following list includes known consorts from the Axumite period to the abolition of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1975.
Axumite period (c. 100 – c. 960)
Zagwe dynasty
The Zagwe dynasty ( Ge'ez: ዛጔ ሥርወ መንግሥት) was an Agaw medieval dynasty that ruled the northern parts of Ethiopia and Eritrea, after the historical name of the Lasta province. Centered at Lalibela, it ruled large parts of the t ...
(c. 960 or 1137 – 1270)
The following table is likely incomplete.
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 ...
Pre-Gondarine period (1270 – 1682)
The following table is likely incomplete.
Gondarine period (1682 – 1769)
The following table is likely incomplete.
Era of the Princes (1769 – 1855)
The following table is likely incomplete.
Modern Ethiopia (1855 – 1975)
See also
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List of emperors of Ethiopia
This article lists the emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Zagwe dynasty in the 9th/10th century until 1974, when the last emperor from the Solomonic dynasty was deposed.
Kings of Aksum and Dʿmt are listed separately due to numerou ...
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List of legendary monarchs of Ethiopia
This is a list of legendary monarchs of Ethiopia, based on a king list provided by Ethiopian prince regent Tafari Makonnen (later known as Emperor Haile Selassie), with reference to multiple Ethiopian traditions and legends. Other Ethiopian king li ...
Notes
References
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Royal consorts
Royal may refer to:
People
* Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
* A member of a royal family
Places United States
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Ethiopian Royal Family
Empresses and imperial consorts of Ethiopia
Lists of royal consorts
Women of medieval Ethiopia