Lebna-Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540

LC control no.	n 97080421
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lebna-Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Dengel, Lebna-, active 1508-1540 Lebna-Dengel, Negus of Ethiopia, fl. 1508-1540 David II, negus of Abyssinia, approximately 1500-approximately 1540 David II, Negus of Ethiopia, approximately 1500-1540 Lebna-Dengel, Negus of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 Lebena-Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 Wanag Sagad, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 Labna-Dangal, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 Dāwit, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 David, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 Prester John, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540 John, Prester, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540
Beginning date	1508
Ending date	1540
Associated country	Ethiopia
Birth date	1496
Death date	1540-09-02
Place of death	Debre Damo (Ethiopia)
Profession or occupation	Emperors
Found in	Die Geschichte des Lebna-Dengel, Claudius und Minas, 1988: p. xiv (Lebna Dengel [elsewhere usually with hyphen]; [reigned] 1508-1540 A.D.) p. vi (Lebna Dengel re d'Etiopia) RLIN, 11 Aug. 1997 (hdg.: Lebna Dengel, fl. 1508-1540) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lebna, Dengel; Weneg Seged; King; born in 1496 in Ethiopia; Emperor of Ethiopia in the early sixteenth century during the Muslim conquest (1508-1540); defining event during reign known as conquest of Ethiopia by the Muslim ruler Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-Ghazi, or Ahmad Gragn; victorious over the troops of Adal led by Mahfuz b. Muhammad (1516-1517); this victory destabilized traditional order in Adal and paved the way for the rise of radical Muslim leader, Ahmad Gragn; known for rejecting Portugese offer of alliance (1514); died in 1540 in Debra Damo, Ethiopia) Pedro Páez's History of Ethiopia, 2011: volume 2, page 420 [index] (Lebenâ Denguîl (David, Dāwit II, Lebena Denguîl, Lebna Dengel, Onâg Çaguêd, Wanāg Sagad neguś) volume 1, page 46 [Introduction] (Lebna Dengel) volume 1, page 74 (Lebena Denguîl took the name David when he became emperor; later he called himself Onâg Çaguêd) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, 2003- (Lebnä Dengel [e (instead of ä) used for schwa here]; Lebna (or, Lebena) Dengel [from Amharic script]; regnal names: Dawit and Wänag Sägäd; born 1496 or 1497; died 2 September 1540; ruler from 1508) volume 5, page 806 (Dawit IV, s. Lebnä Dengel) Historical dictionary of Ethiopia, 2013 (Lebna Dengel (1496-1540); emperor of Ethiopia (1508-1540); also known as Dawit III and Wanag Saggad) Wikipedia, 17 May 2017 (Dawit II (dāwīt), also known as Wanag Segad (wanag sagad), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel; 1501-September 2, 1540); ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, 1508-1540, under regent until 1516) Alvares, Francisco. Verdadeira informação das terras do preste João das Indias, 1889: page 68 (cap lix: Rey Dauid Preste Joã; nephew of Elrey Alexandre) page 69 (Preste Joam) page 70 (Rey Dauid Preste) Alvares, Francisco. Narrative of the Portuguese embassy to Abyssinia during the years 1520-1527, 1881: page 143 (cap lix: King David Prester John; nephew of King Alexander) page 148 (King David Prester) page 14 of index (Prester John (i.e., the King of Abyssinia)) Alvares, Francisco. Prester John of the Indies, 1961 page 240 (chapter lx: King David Prester John; note by editors: Lebna Dengel (1508-40), also called Dāwit (David)) page 242 (Lebna Dengel - Sable Wangël) index (Lebna Dengel, King of Ethiopia) Alvares, Francisco. BaʼAṡé Lebna Dengel zamana mangeśt, 2015: page 174 (neguśa nagaśt Dāwit; nephew of neguśa nagaśt ʼEskender)
Not found in	Encyc. Brit., c1992.