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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 215,321 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dawit II is the 12,310th most popular politician (down from 11,660th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 28th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dawit II ranks 12,310 out of 19,576. Before him are Susanna M. Salter, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Fujiwara no Mototsune, and Khosrow IV. After him are Franco Trappoli, Putra of Perlis, Siaka Stevens, Edward Bruce, Vyacheslav Volodin, and Hédi Baccouche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1496, Dawit II ranks 10. Before him are Menno Simons, Sebastiano Venier, Claude, Duke of Guise, João de Barros, Johann Walter, and Angelo Beolco.  Among people deceased in 1540, Dawit II ranks 17. Before him are Joos van Cleve, Tomé Pires, Barthel Beham, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Fernão de Loronha, and Francisco de Ulloa. After him are Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, and Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Dawit II ranks 32 out of 105. Before him are Negasso Gidada (1943), Wilfred Thesiger (1910), Gudit (950), Mulatu Astatke (1943), Zara Yaqob (1399), and Miruts Yifter (1944). After him are Fasilides (1603), Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Genesius of Rome (250), Mara Takla Haymanot (900), Ezana of Axum (325), and Hailemariam Desalegn (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Dawit II ranks 22. Before him are Abiy Ahmed (1976), Taytu Betul (1851), Amha Selassie (1916), Yohannes IV (1837), Negasso Gidada (1943), and Gudit (950). After him are Fasilides (1603), Ezana of Axum (325), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Susenyos I (1572), Tafari Benti (1921), and Abdiqasim Salad (1941).

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