Mentewab

Empress of Ethiopia

1706 CE to 1773 CE

Mentewab (Ge'ez: min-tiwwāb, Amharic: "How beautiful"; c. 1706 -June 27, 1773), is Empress of Ethiopia, consort of Emperor Bakaffa, mother of Iyasu II and grandmother of Iyoas I.

She is also known officially by her baptismal name of Welete Giyorgis ("Daughter of St. George").

Mentewab is a major political figure during the reigns of her son the Emperor Iyasu and grandson Iyoas.

Empress Mentewab is also known by the honorific of Berhan Mogasa or "Glorifier of Light".

This was to compliment the honorific of her son Iyasu II, who is Berhan Seged or "He To Whom the Light Bows".

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