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Negus (Ge'ez alphabet|Ge'ez , '''', Amharic language|Amharic ''''; cf. Tigrinya language|Tigrinya '''') is a title in Ge'ez language|Ge'ez, Tigrinya, Tigre and Amharic language|Amharic, used for a king and at times also a vassal ruler in pre-1974 Ethiopia and pre-1890 Eritrea. It is subsequently used to translate the word "king" in Biblical and other literature. It is a noun derived from the ancient Semitic verbal root N - G - Ś meaning "to reign." In more recent times it was used as an honorific title bestowed on governors of the most important provinces (kingdoms): Gojjam, Welega Province|Welega and the seaward kingdom (where the variation '''Bahr Negus''' 'King of the Sea', was the ancient title of the ruler of present-day central Eritrea) and later Shewa. Both uses and the imperial dignity would meet in the person of a regional prince, Lij Kassa Hailu, third youngest son of ''Dejazmach'' Hailu Wolde-Giyorgis, Governor of Qwara province, by his second wife Woizero Attitaggab, who rebelled against Empress Menen and her son Ras (title)|Ras Ali II of Yejju|Ali II the Viceroy, in 1845 and spent the next nine years alternating between rebellion and submisison until he was proclaimed as Negus at Amba Chera, (19 September 1854), and after the battle of Derasge proclaimed himself Emperor 8 February 1855 and was crowned as Tewodros II of Ethiopia|Tewodros II, at Derasge Maryam the next day.

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- RoyalArk- Ethiopia (here Glossary) Category:Ethiopian nobility Category:Gubernatorial titles Category:Heads of state Category:Noble titles Category:Royal titles Category:Titles of national or ethnic leadership simple:Emperor of Ethiopia

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