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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: 1344 births, 1344 by country, 1344 deaths, 1344 disestablishments, 1344 establishments, 1344 in Europe, Conflicts in 1344, Gersonides, Amda Seyon I of Ethiopia, William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Parameswara, St. Vitus Cathedral, Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud, Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo, Constance of Sicily, Queen of Cyprus, John I, Count of La Marche, Simone Martini, Ivan I Nelipac, Ridolfo II da Varano di Camerino, Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Ampurias, Robert I, Duke of Bar, Edmund Stafford, Nagod, Alexander de Kininmund, Oliver Ingham, Mary of Waltham, List of state leaders in 1344, Mieszko of Bytom, Jaghmini, Ohrdruf Priory, Constantine II, King of Armenia, Margaret of Bourbon, Lady of Albret, Jewna, Joan of Savoy, Thomas Charlton, Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol, Al-Damiri, Beatrice of Bavaria, Battle of Stephaniana, Otto I, Duke of Pomerania, Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar, Ulrich III, Count of Wurttemberg, Chunghye of Goryeo, Compagnia dei Bardi, Azzo X d'Este, Otto the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu, 1344 in Ireland, Robert de Clifford, 3rd Baron de Clifford, Robert of Alencon, Galvano Fiamma, Shihab ad-Din Ahmad, Abu Hayyan Al Gharnati, Henry IV, Count of Bar. Excerpt: Amda Seyon (also Amde Tsiyon and other variants, Ge'ez amda iy n, Amharic mde iy n, "Pillar of Zion") was Emperor of Ethiopia (1314-1344; throne name Gebre Mesqel Ge'ez gabra mas al, Amh. gebre mes el, "slave of the cross"), and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. According to the British expert on Ethiopia, Edward Ullendorff, "Amde Tseyon was one of the most outstanding Ethiopian kings of any age and a singular figure dominating the Horn of Africa in the fourteenth century." His conquests of Muslim borderlands greatly expanded Ethiopian territory and power in the region, maintained for c...
