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Gebre Mesqel Lalibela

1200 - 1221

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Lalibela (Ge'ez: ላሊበላ), regnal name Gebre Meskel (Ge'ez: ገብረ መስቀል, romanized: gäbrä mäsqäl, lit. 'Servant of the Cross'), was a king of the Zagwe dynasty, reigning from 1181 to 1221.: 22 : 56n  He was the son of Jan Seyum and the brother of Kedus Harbe. Perhaps the best-known Zagwe monarch, he is credited as the patron of the namesake monolithic rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. He is venerated as a saint by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church on 19 June. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gebre Mesqel Lalibela is the 3,262nd most popular politician (up from 3,452nd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela ranks 3,262 out of 19,576. Before him are Ivan II of Moscow, Ieng Sary, Otto Ernst Remer, Konrad Henlein, Junichiro Koizumi, and Yazdegerd II. After him are Nobusuke Kishi, Regalianus, Elio Di Rupo, Günter Schabowski, Wang Xizhi, and Gudrun Burwitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1200, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela ranks 7. Before him are Pope Urban III, Pope Celestine IV, Pope Alexander IV, Dōgen, Qutuz, and Ghiyas ud din Balban. After him are Zhang Sanfeng, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, Villard de Honnecourt, Muhammad al-Nasir, Nicholas Kanabos, and George III of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1221, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela ranks 3. Before him are Saint Dominic, and Theodore I Laskaris. After him are Berengaria of Portugal, Najm al-Din Kubra, Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen, Henry III, Duke of Limburg, Alix, Duchess of Brittany, Raymond-Roupen, and Abraham of Smolensk.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela ranks 16 out of 105. Before him are Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Ezana of Axum (325), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Onuphrius (320), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), and Abiy Ahmed (1976). After him are Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Amha Selassie (1916), Fasilides (1603), Dawit II (1496), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), and Susenyos I (1572).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela ranks 13. Before him are Tewodros II (1818), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Ezana of Axum (325), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), and Abiy Ahmed (1976). After him are Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Amha Selassie (1916), Fasilides (1603), Dawit II (1496), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), and Susenyos I (1572).

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