Tewodros I.

Tewodros I ( äthiop. ቴዎድሮስ, also known as Theodore I. or Theodoros I. denotes throne name Walde Ambasa ወልደ አምበሳ, dt " son of the lion "; * probably before 1380, † 1414) was from 1411 to 1414 Negus Nagast (Kaiser ) of Ethiopia.

Tewodros I was the son of the Ethiopian emperor, David I. and since 1270 came from the ruling Ethiopian Solomonic dynasty. After the changes brought about by intrigue influential monks abdication of his father in 1411 Tewodros ascended the imperial throne.

Detailed information about his reign are not available. He seems to have pursued a different policy than its predecessors and ignores the power of the clergy. Specifically, he is said to have set the contract of the Holy federal override which stipulated that a third of the country's state of the church belonged. Tewodros I is said to have argued that the wealth of the state is to bring all the people benefit. He started the church property under the arms of his kingdom to distribute.

Already in 1414, died Tewodros I suddenly and unexpectedly at an unknown location. He was buried in Merabete.

Despite his anti-church policy Tewodros was added later by I. of the Ethiopian Church in the ranks of the saints. This step was justified by his piety, his mercy with the poor and practiced by him, but then unusual restriction to a wife.

After the death of his younger brother Isaac Tewodros I. ascended the Ethiopian throne.

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• Kaiser ( Ethiopia)
• Born in the 14th century
• Died in 1414
• Man