Ethiopia's Solomonic Dynasty: 700 Years of a Biblical Bloodline

For over seven centuries, the emperors of Ethiopia claimed one of the most audacious genealogies in history — direct descent from the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Far from a mere myth, this lineage was enshrined in law, celebrated in literature, and used to legitimise rule from the 1270s all the way to 1974, when the last emperor, Haile Selassie, was finally deposed. It stands as one of the longest-running dynastic claims in African — and world — history.

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