Egwale Seyon [SEP] noble family
Egwale Seyon
Egwale Seyon (Ge'ez እጓለ ጽዮን; died 12 June 1818) or Gwalu (ጓሉ) was "nəgusä nägäst" (throne name Newaya Sagad; June 1801 – 12 June 1818) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Hezqeyas.
According to Henry Salt, after a period when the Imperial throne was held by a number of different appointees due to "the preponderance of the different provinces", "Rasses" Wolde Selassie of Tigray and Gugsa of Yejju,
returned to his village.
Salt notes that throughout the turmoil of his reign, Egwale Seyon lived "neglected at Gondar, with a very small retinue of servants, and an income by no means adequate to the support of his dignity; so that, as he possesses neither wealth, power, nor influence in the state; royalty may be considered, for a time, almost eclipsed in the country." Nathaniel Pearce commented, following the Emperor's death, that Egwale Seyon "was always very sickly and of a