Yohannes I.

Yohannes I ( äthiop. ዮሐንስ, also John I., throne name Ailaf Sagad አእላፍ ሰገድ " before which Zehtntausende bow " ) (* before 1640, † July 19, 1682 ) was from 1667 to 1682 Negest Negus ( Emperor ) of Ethiopia.

He was the fourth son of Emperor Fasiledes. Yohannes was born into the ruling Solomonic dynasty and was a supporter of the Tewahedo faith. After his father's death he was proclaimed at the suggestion of Blattengeta Malka Krestos by the Council of the highest secular and ecclesiastical dignitaries of the empire to the emperor. Simultaneously, the other sons of Fasiledes were brought to the prison mountain Wehni Amba to prevent disputes over succession to the throne by the Council.

With its policy Yohannes I. sought the separation of the Ethiopian population according to religious affiliations. He issued an edict which connections between members of different denominations were forbidden. In addition, the disputes with the European Catholic missionaries who had already broken out during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Susenyos escalated. In 1669 Emperor Yohannes I had the Gerazmach Mikael, all based in Ethiopia and not the Ethiopian faith confess ending Catholics of the country to refer. Instead, the emperor sympathized with the Armenian Church and received in 1679 the Armenian Bishop John.

During the reign of Yohannes I came there, as with its predecessors and later his followers to constant clashes between supporters of the two major faiths Ethiopian Tewahedo and Qibat. Under pressure from the Tewahedo monks from the monastery Azezo finally, a council was convened in 1681. As a result of this council the Qibat - faith was excommunicated curse.

Emperor Yohannes I. died in Gondar shortly after the Council, and was buried in Sadda monastery on the island in Lake Tana Mesraha.

Yohannes was married and had four sons and a daughter.

Due to the complicated transcription from the Amharic Ethiopian spelling proper names in different publications may be different.

  • Kaiser ( Ethiopia)
  • Born in the 17th century
  • Died in 1682
  • Man
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