Negusa Nagast

E161990

Negusa Nagast is the traditional Ge'ez title meaning "King of Kings," historically used by Ethiopian emperors as a symbol of supreme imperial authority.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Negusa Nagast canonical 19
Negusa 1
Negusa Nagastə 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ge'ez-language term ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appearsIn Kebra Nagast ⓘ
associatedWithCapital Addis Ababa ⓘ
Aksum ⓘ
Gondar ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Solomonic dynasty ⓘ
Zagwe dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithRegalia Ethiopian imperial crown ⓘ
Ethiopian imperial throne ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
associatedWithTitleHolder Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Menelik II ⓘ
Tewodros II ⓘ
Yohannes IV ⓘ
claimsDescentFrom King Solomon ⓘ
Queen of Sheba ⓘ
linked to: QueenOfSheba
country Ethiopia ⓘ
culturalContext Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
denotesRank emperor ⓘ
sovereign ⓘ
supreme monarch ⓘ
governsOver Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
hasFemaleCounterpart Itege ⓘ
hasGender masculine title ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling Negusa Nagastə ⓘ
linked to: Negusa Nagast

Nəgusä Nägäst ⓘ
linked to: Fetha Nagast
higherRankThan Negus ⓘ
language Ge'ez ⓘ
lastBearer Haile Selassie I ⓘ
literalMeaning King of Kings ⓘ
partOf Ethiopian imperial titulature ⓘ
precededBy Negus ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
relatedConcept Basileus Basileōn ⓘ
linked to: Basileus

Imperator ⓘ
Shahanshah ⓘ
script Ge'ez script ⓘ
linked to: Geʽez script
symbolizes continuity of the Ethiopian monarchy ⓘ
supreme imperial authority ⓘ
universal kingship ⓘ
timePeriod antiquity to 20th century ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy hereditary monarchy ⓘ
usedBy Ethiopian emperors ⓘ
linked to: Emperor of Ethiopia

House of Solomon ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty ⓘ
Zagwe dynasty ⓘ
usedInCoronation Ethiopian imperial coronation ceremonies ⓘ
usedUntil 1974 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haile Selassie I → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty → usesTitle → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Negus of Abyssinia → successorTitle → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Negusa Nagast → hasVariantSpelling → Negusa Nagastə ⓘ
linked to: Negusa Nagast
Emperor of Ethiopia → alsoKnownAs → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Yohannes IV → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Lebna Dengel → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
House of Solomon → usedTitle → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Zara Yaqob → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Gelawdewos → style → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Fasilides → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Itege → relatedTitle → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Amda Seyon I → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Negus → hasPluralForm → Negusa ⓘ
linked to: Negusa Nagast
Tewodros II → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Ethiopians → traditionalTitleForMonarch → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Baeda Maryam I → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Dawit II → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Gelawdewos of Ethiopia → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
subject linked to: Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia
Etege → associatedTitle → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
subject linked to: Etege (Empress)