Susenyos I (also
Sissinios, in
Greek,
Ge'ez ሱስንዮስ
sūsinyōs; throne name
Malak Sagad III,
Ge'ez መልአክ ሰገድ,
mal'ak sagad,
Amh. mel'āk seged, "to whom the angel bows"; 1572 – 17 September 1632). was
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1606 to 1632. His father was
Abeto (Prince) Fasilides, son of
Abeto (Prince) Yakob, who was a son of
Dawit II. As a result, while some authorities list Susenyos as a member of the
Solomonic dynasty, others consider him, instead of his son,
Fasilides, as the founder of the
Gondar line of the dynasty (ultimately a subset, however, of the Solomonic dynasty).