Queen Gudit had destroyed the remnants of the Aksumite Empire around 960, causing a shift in its temporal power center that later regrouped more to the south.

She had ruled over what remained of the kingdom for forty years, eventually passing on the throne to her descendants.

According to other Ethiopian traditional accounts, the last of her dynasty was overthrown by Mara Takla Haymanot in 1137.

He marries a daughter of the last king of Axum, Dil Na'od, putting control of Ethiopia in Agaw hands.

Since he had married Emperor Dil Na'od's daughter, whois a member of the Solomonic Dynasty, the Zagwes are technically part of the Solomonic Dynasty since Emperor Mara Tekla Haymanot's marriage and offspring thereof make him the only Emperor without ties to the Biblical King Solomon and Makeda, the Queen of Sheba.