Gebre Mesqel Lalibela
Zagwe dynasty king who commissioned the eleven monolithic rock-hewn churches at his namesake capital Lalibela in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, conceived as a 'New Jerusalem' for Ethiopian Christian pilgrims who could no longer easily reach the Holy Land after Saladin's reconquest of Jerusalem in 1187.
- Lived: 1150 CE – 1225 CE
- Nationality: Ethiopian
- Roles: King
