Andreyas

Andreyas
ዓፄ አንድሬያስ
Emperor of Ethiopia
ReignSeptember 1429 March 1430
PredecessorYeshaq I
SuccessorTakla Maryam
DiedMarch 1430
HouseHouse of Solomon
FatherYeshaq I
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Church

Andreyas (Ge'ez: አንድሬያስ) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1429 to 1430, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was a son of Yeshaq I, succeeded his father when he was very young. According to Al-Maqrizi, his reign lasted only four months, whereas the short chronicles states he reigned for a period of six months. His uncle Takla Maryam reigned after him.

The British explorer James Bruce, who wrote one of the earliest European histories of Abyssinia, reports little more than Andreyas was buried with his father at the Tadbaba Maryam monastery.