Does anyone know what title the father of a Kandrake/Candace (Ethiopian Empress) would have had in her life?

Question

I am finding no info on this. (I know she is flanked by a mother and a younger male, but what of the father??)

Thanks!

Answer 1

Kandake or Kentake was the title for female rulers of the ancient African empire of Kush. However, the Kandake was not the only female ruler in the Kushite state, and so the title kandake cannot be reduced simply to mean female ruler even though it may have begun that way.

The Candacate was an elective office, and was not hereditary. The Kandake was elected by a grand parliament. Even though the kings and kandakes were elected, the Kushites also had royal families who were descended from past kings and kandakes, and ranking priests and generals.

Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace

List of Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles

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