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Dawit II

1496 - 1540

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Dawit II (Ge'ez: ዳዊት; c. 1496 – 2 September 1540), better known by his birth name of Lebna Dengel, and also known by the macaronic name Wanag Segad, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540, whose political center and palace was in Shewa. A male line descendant of the medieval Amhara kings, and thus a member of the House of Solomon, he was the son of Emperor Na'od and Empress Na'od Mogesa. The important victory over the Adal's Emir Mahfuz may have given Dawit the appellation "Wanag Segad," which is a combination of Geʽez and the Harari terms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dawit II is the 4,688th most popular politician (up from 12,308th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dawit II ranks 4,688 out of 19,576. Before him are Ordoño I of Asturias, Ferdinand Čatloš, Mussius Aemilianus, Henry V, Duke of Bavaria, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and Lu Xun. After him are Tukulti-Ninurta I, Bahram III, Halfdan the Black, Maria Pia of Savoy, Phraortes, and John Corvinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1496, Dawit II ranks 6. Before him are Gustav I of Sweden, Hatice Sultan, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Menno Simons, and Sebastiano Venier. After him are Claude, Duke of Guise, João de Barros, Johann Walter, and Angelo Beolco. Among people deceased in 1540, Dawit II ranks 10. Before him are Angela Merici, Thomas Cromwell, Francesco Guicciardini, Juan Luis Vives, Tristão da Cunha, and Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Guillaume Budé, Joos van Cleve, Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Tomé Pires, and Barthel Beham.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Dawit II ranks 20 out of 105. Before him are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Amha Selassie (1916), and Fasilides (1603). After him are Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Susenyos I (1572), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Meles Zenawi (1955), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), and Gelawdewos (1522).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Dawit II ranks 17. Before him are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Amha Selassie (1916), and Fasilides (1603). After him are Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Susenyos I (1572), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Meles Zenawi (1955), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), and Mulatu Teshome (1955).

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