Negassie or Negasi Krestos was the ruling prince of Shewa (c.1682 - c.1703), an important Amhara noble of Ethiopia. Although the official account is that his father Lesba Qal (lord of Agancha, in Menz) was a male-line great-grandson of Prince Yaqob, son of Emperor Lebna Dengel, and thus descended in male line from the Solomonid dynasty (this version, told by Serta Wold, a councilor of Sahle Selassie, has been criticized as a later fabrication of genealogy, in order to help the imperial designs of his heirs two centuries later), other versions are known of his ancestry. Abir records two other traditions collected in the 1840s: one is that Negasi Krestos was the son of a woman of imperial descent and a rich landowner from Menz; another is that his mother was the daughter of one Ras Faris, "who with many other followers of Emperor Susenyos escaped into Menz."¹ His mother woizero Senebeit was daughter of dejazmatch Faris of Arademma and his wife who was a granddaughter of a princess of the House of Solomon. Shewa (also spelled Shoa) is a historical region of Ethiopia. ... Events and Trends The Treaty of Ratisbon between France and England in 1684 ended the Age of Buccaneers. ... Events and trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. ... Amhara (አማራ) may refer to: Amhara, an ethnic group of Ethiopia. ... 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. ... 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. ... Sahle Selassie (c. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... Ethiopian aristocratic and religious titles used in Ethiopia until the end of the Monarchy in 1974. ... Sissinios (throne name Malak Sagad III) was negus negust (1607 - September 7, 1632) of Ethiopia. ...

After fighting the Wollo and Yejju Oromo north of Menz, he subdued the Oromo living in the district of Yifat, which replaced Menz as the center of the Shewan lordship. His further conquests included the districts of Debdabo, Mengist, Makfud, Doqaqit and Asundabe. Through these he succeeded in establishing a veritably autonomous state of Shewa until the end of 17th century. Pankhurst credits Negasi Krestos with moving the capital of Shewa to Debre Berhan from the old center in Tegulet; Nagasi's stone palace was still visible when Rochet d'Hericourt visited Debre Berhan in 1840.² In 1682, Emperor Iyasu I recognized him as ruler of Shewa, with the title Abeto. Shewa (also spelled Shoa) is a historical region of Ethiopia. ... Debre Berhan is a town in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, about 120 kilometers north east of Addis Ababa, on the paved highway to Dessie. ...

In the early years of the 18th century, Negasi travelled to Gondar to pay homage to Emperor Iyasus I, where he died of smallpox. He did not succeed in obtaining the title Meridazmatch, which later was unilaterally taken into use by his son and heir. His death away from his domain plunged Shewa into a period of disorder, and many of his conquests reverted to their original rulers.³ Gondar (less commonly spelled Gonder) was the old imperial capital of Ethiopia and the historic Begemder province, now part of the Amhara region. ... The Emperor of Ethiopia (Amharic ንጉሠ ነገሥት, niguse negest, King of Kings) was the hereditary ruler of Ethiopia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. ... Iyasus I (or Jesus I), also known as Iyasus the Great, was negus (throne name Adyam Sagad II) (19 July 1682 - 13 October 1706) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty. ...

Notes

1. Mordechai Abir, Ethiopia: The Era of the Princes; The Challenge of Islam and the Re-unification of the Christian Empire (1769-1855) (London: Longmans, 1968), p. 144 n.2.
2. Rihard P.K. Pankhurst, History of Ethiopian Towns: From the Middle Ages to the Early Nineteenth Century (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982), p. 185.
3. Abir, p. 146.