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Gebre Krestos (Ge'ez: ገብረ ክሪስቶስ) was
Emperor of
Ethiopia from 24
March 1832 to his
death on 8 June 1832. He was the son of
Gebre Mesay,
allegedly a descendant...
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Newaya Krestos (Ge'ez: ንዋየ ክርስቶስ;
throne name: Sayf Ar'ed, lit. "sword of terror") was
Emperor of
Ethiopia from 1344 to 1372, and a
member of the Solomonic...
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Krestos is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Gebre Krestos,
Emperor of
Ethiopia Negasi Krestos,
Ruler of
Shewa Newaya Krestos, Emperor...
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Hawarya Krestos (died 4 May 1700) was a
member of the
Gondarine court and
royal chronicler.
Hawarya Krestos belonged to the
higher clergy (Liqawant) in...
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Akala Krestos (died 3
September 1685) was a high
court administrator during the
reigns of
Yohannes I and
Iyasu I. He
started his
career during the reign...
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Nagasi Krestos was the
ruling prince of
Shewa (reigned c. 1682 — c. 1703), an
important Amhara noble of Ethiopia.
Nagasi succeeded to
unite fragmented...
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Yemrehana Krestos (Ge'ez: ይምረሃና ክርስቶስ, Yəmrəḥannä Krəstos,
often referred to as "Yəmrəḥa" in the sources) was the
third king of the
Zagwe dynasty, ruling...
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member of the
Solomonic dynasty. He was the
younger son of
Newaya Krestos.
Early in his reign,
around 1380,
Dawit campaigned against Egypt, reaching...
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Fesseha Krestos (lit: The joy of Christ) was an
Ethiopian commander of the
royal guard regiment under Iyasu I, he was one of the
closest confidants of...
- Ali
recalled Gebre Krestos from Mitraha, an
island in
northeastern Lake Tana, and
restored him as Emperor. However,
Gebre Krestos died
after three months...
