Dawit II

Names
	Lebna Dengel

Dawit II
ዳግማዊ ዳዊት
ልብነ ድንግል
Dawit II ; ዳግማዊ ዳዊት ; ልብነ ድንግል
Negusa Nagast
	Contemporary portrait of a young Lebna Dengel by Cristofano dell'Altissimo
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign	31 July 1507 – 2 September 1540
Coronation	13 May 1508
Predecessor	Na'od
Successor	Gelawdewos
Regent	Empress Eleni
Born	c. 1496; Badeqe, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire
Died	2 September 1540 (aged 43–44); Debre Damo, Tigray, Ethiopian Empire
Burial	Abba Aragwi Monastery
Spouse	Seble Wongel
Issue	Fiqtor Lebna Dengal; Gelawdewos; Yakob; Menas; Walatta Hanna; Amata Giyorgis; Sabana Giyorgis; Walatta Kidusan; Tewdada;
Names
Names
	Lebna Dengel
Dynasty	House of Solomon
Father	Na'od
Mother	Na'od Mogesa
Religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Dawit II (Ge'ez: ዳዊት; c. 1496 – 2 September 1540), also known by the macaronic name Wanag Segad (ወናግ ሰገድ, to whom the lions bow), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel (Amharic: ልብነ ድንግል, essence of the virgin), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540, whose political center and palace was in Shewa.^[2]

A male line descendant of the medieval Amhara kings, and thus a member of the House of Solomon, he was the son of Emperor Na'od and Empress Na'od Mogesa. The important victory over the Adal's Emir Mahfuz may have given Dawit the appellation "Wanag Segad," which is a combination of Geʽez and the Harari terms.^[3]

^ Pankhurst, Richard (2009). "Barara, the Royal City of 15th and Early 16th Century (Ethiopia). Medieval and Other Early Settlements Between Wechecha Range and Mt Yerer". Annales d'Éthiopie. 24 (1): 209–249. doi:10.3406/ethio.2009.1394.
^ Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South. Rowman & Littlefield. June 2018. p. 266. ISBN 9781442271579.
^ Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.

[1] Pankhurst, Richard (2009). "Barara, the Royal City of 15th and Early 16th Century (Ethiopia). Medieval and Other Early Settlements Between Wechecha Range and Mt Yerer". Annales d'Éthiopie. 24 (1): 209–249. doi:10.3406/ethio.2009.1394.

[2] Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South. Rowman & Littlefield. June 2018. p. 266. ISBN 9781442271579.

[3] Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.

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