Gelawdewos or Claudius (1522 - March 23, 1559) was negus (throne name Asnaf Sagad I) (1540 - 1559) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty. He was a younger son of Dawit II. Events January 9 - Adrian Dedens becomes Pope Adrian VI. February 26 - Execution by hanging of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan under orders of conquistador Hernán Cortés. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... Negus is the Amharic word for king. The term negus negust means king of kings, or Emperor. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ... The Solomonid dynasty is the traditional royal house of Ethiopia, claming descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, who is said to have given birth to the traditional first king Menelik I after her Biblically-described visit to Solomon in Jerusalem. ... Dawit II or David II, better known by his throne name Lebna Dengel (1501 - September 2, 1540) was negus (1508 - 1540) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty. ...

His reign was dominated by the struggle with Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, until Ahmad's defeat and death in the Battle of Wayna Daga on February 21, 1543. Gelawdewos devoted time and energy to rallying his people against Ahmad, a determination his chronicler credits prevented Ahmad's forceable conversions from being permanent. With Ahmad's death, Gelawdewos was not only able to eject the leaderless Muslim forces from his domains, but also forced them out of Bale. Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 11 - Battle of Wayna Daga - Ethiopian/Portuguese? troops defeat the armies of Adal and the Ottoman Empire. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Bale was a province in the south-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Goba. ...

However, while campaigning against the Agaw in Gojjam later in his campaign, Nur ibn Mujahid once again invaded Ethiopia. Gelawdewos responded, at one point capturing Harar, where Barakat, Sultan of Adal, was killed, the last member of the Walasma dynasty. Gojjam, or Gojam, was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debra Markos. ... Harar, also spelled Harrar sometime harer, is a city in Ethiopia, situated in the eastern extension of the Ethiopian highlands, about five hundred km from Addis Ababa. ... This article is about the African sultanate. ...

Jesuit missionaries arrived in his realm, attempting to convert Ethiopia to Catholicism. In response to their arguments, he produced a Confession, which defended the Monophysite doctrine. The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... The Roman Catholic Church is the largest religious denomination of Christianity with over one billion members. ... Monophysitism (from the Greek monos meaning one and physis meaning nature) is the christological position that Christ has only one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian position which holds that Christ has two natures, one divine and one human. ...

Ethiopia's access to the outside world was severely crippled in 1557, when the Ottoman Empire conquered Massawa. From that point forward, dignitaries and missionaries to Ethiopia had to travel in disguise to avoid Muslim authorities. This also allowed the Ottomans to block the Ethiopians from importing firearms. Events Spain is effectively bankrupt. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul (Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 6. ... Massawa is both an island in the Red Sea, and a major city of Eritrea. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ...

He was killed responding to another invasion by Nur on March 23, 1559.

Bibliography

• Richard K. P. Pankhurst. The Ethiopian Royal Chronicles. Addis Ababa: Oxford University Press,1967.