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Lalibela, King of Ethiopia

LC control no.no 96061042
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Personal name headingLalibela, King of Ethiopia
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Variant(s)Lalibala, King of Ethiopia
Found inVie de Lalibala, roi d'Ethiopie, 1892: introd. (Lalibala, 7th in the line of Zagüé kings who overthrew the Salomonian dynasty of Abyssinia c. 10th cent.; lived late 12th-early 13th c.; reigned 40 years)
Enc. Brit., 1993: v. 13, p. 148 (Lalibela, Zague king, 13th cent.)
General history of Africa, 1981-: v. 3, p. 568 (Lalibela, best-known king of Zague dynasty) v. 4, p. 2 (King Lalibela, c. 1181-c.1221; known as "Saint Louis of Ethiopia")