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In more recent times it was used as a honorific negus for life title bestowed on governors of the most important provinces (kingdoms): [[Gojjam]], [[Welega Province|Welega]] and the seaward kingdom (where the variation '''Bahr Negus''' 'King of the Sea', was the ancient title of the ruler of present-day central [[Eritrea]]) and later [[Shewa]]. |
In more recent times it was used as a honorific negus for life title bestowed on governors of the most important provinces (kingdoms): [[Gojjam]], [[Welega Province|Welega]] and the seaward kingdom (where the variation '''Bahr Negus''' 'King of the Sea', was the ancient title of the ruler of present-day central [[Eritrea]]) and later [[Shewa]]. |
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Both uses and the imperial dignity would meet in the person of a regional prince, Lij Kassa Hailu, third youngest son of ''[[Dejazmach]]'' Hailu Wolde-Giyorgis, Governor of [[Qwara province]], by his second wife Woizero Attitaggab, who rebelled against Empress Menen and her son [[Ras (title)|Ras]] [[Ali II of Yejju|Ali II]] the Viceroy, in 1845 and spent the next nine years alternating between rebellion and submission until he was proclaimed as Negus at [[Amba Chera]], (19 September 1854), and after the [[Battle of Derasge]] proclaimed himself Emperor 8 February 1855 and was crowned as [[Tewodros II of Ethiopia|Tewodros II]], at [[Derasge Maryam]] |
Both uses and the imperial dignity would meet in the person of a regional prince, Lij Kassa Hailu, third youngest son of ''[[Dejazmach]]'' Hailu Wolde-Giyorgis, Governor of [[Qwara province]], by his second wife Woizero Attitaggab, who rebelled against Empress Menen and her son [[Ras (title)|Ras]] [[Ali II of Yejju|Ali II]] the Viceroy, in 1845 and spent the next nine years alternating between rebellion and submission until he was proclaimed as Negus at [[Amba Chera]], (19 September 1854), and after the [[Battle of Derasge]] proclaimed himself Emperor 8 February 1855 and was crowned as [[Tewodros II of Ethiopia|Tewodros II]], at [[Derasge Maryam]] |
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It was used in a national spelling bee. I was there. It was very akward. -_- <ref name="John Negus" group="The Negus Klan">{{cite web|last=Vazquez|first=John|title=Kid wants to spell Nigg*|url=www.neguskid.com|work=Negus kid|publisher=John Inc.|accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref> the next day. |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 18:56, 6 April 2012
Negus (Ge'ez 
, nigūś, Amharic nigūs; cf. Tigrinya 
negāš) is a title in the Afro-Asiatic Ge'ez, Tigrinya, Tigre and Amharic languages.[1] It denotes a King, and at times also a vassal ruler in pre-1974 Ethiopia and pre-1890 Eritrea. The title has subsequently been used to translate the word "King" in Biblical and other literature.
Overview
The word negus is a noun derived from the ancient Semitic verbal root N - G - Ś meaning "to reign."
In more recent times it was used as a honorific negus for life title bestowed on governors of the most important provinces (kingdoms): Gojjam, Welega and the seaward kingdom (where the variation Bahr Negus 'King of the Sea', was the ancient title of the ruler of present-day central Eritrea) and later Shewa.
Both uses and the imperial dignity would meet in the person of a regional prince, Lij Kassa Hailu, third youngest son of Dejazmach Hailu Wolde-Giyorgis, Governor of Qwara province, by his second wife Woizero Attitaggab, who rebelled against Empress Menen and her son Ras Ali II the Viceroy, in 1845 and spent the next nine years alternating between rebellion and submission until he was proclaimed as Negus at Amba Chera, (19 September 1854), and after the Battle of Derasge proclaimed himself Emperor 8 February 1855 and was crowned as Tewodros II, at Derasge Maryam
It was used in a national spelling bee. I was there. It was very akward. -_- [The Negus Klan 1] the next day.
Notes
- ^ Paulos Milkias, Haile Selassie, western education, and political revolution in Ethiopia, (Cambria Press: 2006), p.2.
References
- "RoyalArk – Ethiopia". 4DW. Archived from the original on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
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