Back እሌኒ Amharic الينى من اثيوبيا ARZ Ылені Эфіопская Byelorussian Elena de Etiopía Spanish Hélène d'Éthiopie French Eleni de Etiopía Galician הלני, קיסרית אתיופיה HE Eleni dari Etiopia ID Ылени Russian Helena av Etiopien Swedish
| Eleni | |
|---|---|
 Eleni of Hadiya, empress consort and later queen mother of Ethiopia | |
| Empress of Ethiopia | |
| Reign | ? – 1468 |
| Queen Mother | |
| Reign | 1468 – 1478 |
| Predecessor | Igzi Kebra |
| Successor | Romna |
| Regent | |
| Reign | 1507 — 1516 |
| Born | Hadiya, Ethiopian Empire |
| Died | April 1522 Ethiopian Empire |
| Spouse | Zara Yaqob |
| Dynasty | House of Solomon (by marriage) |
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Muslim (previously) |
Eleni (Ge’ez: እሌኒ, "Helena"; died April 1522) also known as Queen of Zeila[1] was Empress of Ethiopia by marriage to Zara Yaqob (r. 1434–1468), and served as regent between 1507 and 1516 during the minority of emperor Dawit II. She played a significant role in the government of Ethiopia during her lifetime, acting as de facto co-regent or advisor to a number of emperors; one testimony of this is the manuscript Bruce 88, which states that she had been in the palace of three illustrious Emperors: Zara Yaqob; his son by another wife, Baeda Maryam I (r. 1468–1478), and Na'od (r. 1494–1505).[2]
- ^ Braukämper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essays. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 61. ISBN 9783825856717. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Beckingham and Huntingford, translators, The Prester John of the Indies by Francisco Álvares (Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1961), p. 14 n.3