Menen Liben Amede
Empress of Ethiopia and wife of Emperor Yohannes III / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Menen Liben Amede (died 1858) was Empress consort of Ethiopia by marriage to Emperor Yohannes III in 1840–1841, 1845 and 1850–1851.
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Menen Liben Amede | |
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Empress of Ethiopia | |
Reign | 1819–1858 |
Regent of Begemder | |
Reign | 1831–1841 |
Died | 1858 |
Spouse | |
Dynasty | House of Solomon |
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She was also regent of Begemder in 1831–1841 during the minority of her son Ali II of Yejju, who was her son in her first marriage to Alula of Yejju. She was a significant personage during the Zemene Mesafint of the 19th century before Tewodros II reunited the Ethiopian Empire in 1855.