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Dawit II

1496 - 1540

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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.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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dawit II has received more than 197,674 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dawit II is the 11,695th most popular politician (down from 10,401st in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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  • 200k

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  • 49.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dawit II ranks 11,695 out of 15,577Before him are Francesco Erizzo, Alexander Protopopov, Ariarathes III of Cappadocia, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Alexander Lebedev, and Strom Thurmond. After him are José López Rega, Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, Giovanni Lanza, Mohamed Bazoum, and Wihtred of Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1496, Dawit II ranks 9Before him are Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Menno Simons, Sebastiano Venier, Claude, Duke of Guise, João de Barros, and Johann Walter. After him is Angelo Beolco. Among people deceased in 1540, Dawit II ranks 15Before him are Tristão da Cunha, Guillaume Budé, Joos van Cleve, Tomé Pires, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, and Barthel Beham. After him are Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal and Francisco de Ulloa.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Dawit II ranks 28 out of 89Before him are Mamo Wolde (1932), Fasilides (1603), Zara Yaqob (1399), Mulatu Astatke (1943), Negasso Gidada (1943), and Wilfred Thesiger (1910). After him are Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Miruts Yifter (1944), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Malik Ambar (1548), Ezana of Axum (325), and Tafari Benti (1921).

Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Dawit II ranks 20Before him are Abiy Ahmed (1976), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Taytu Betul (1851), Yohannes IV (1837), Fasilides (1603), and Negasso Gidada (1943). After him are Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Ezana of Axum (325), Tafari Benti (1921), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), and Susenyos I (1572).