Queen of Sheba -- Ethiopia

The Queen of Sheba was a monarch of the ancient kingdom of Sheba and is referred to in Habeshan history, the Bible, the Qur'an and Yoruba tradition.  She is widely assumed to have been a queen regnant, the location of her kingdom is believed to have been in Ethiopia and Yemen.  The imperial family of Ethiopia claims its origin directly from the child of the Queen of Sheba by King Solomon.  

The Queen of Sheba is named Makeda in the Ethiopian account.  The ancient Ethiopian legends, Kebra Negast ('the Glory of Kings'), relates to a history of Makeda and her descendants.  It is said King Solomon seduced the Queen of Sheba and fathered her son Menelik I, who would become the first Emperor of Ethiopia.  The narrative given in the Kebra Negast is that King Solomon invited the Queen of Sheba to Jerusalem for a banquet.  After serving her with spicy food to induce a thirst, he then invitited her to stay in his palace overnight.  

The Queen asked him to swear that he would not take her by force, he accepted upon the condition that she would not take anything from his house by force.  The Queen assured that she would not, slightly offended by the implication that she, a rich and powerful monarch, would engage in stealing. However, she woke up during the night, feeling very thirsty and Just as she reached for a jar of water placed close to her bed, King Solomon appeared, warning her that she was breaking her oath, water being the most valuable of all material possessions.  By quenching her thirst, she set the king free from his promise and they spent the night together.  In Ethiopia's church of Axum, there is a copy of what is said to be one of the Tables of Law that Solomon gave to Menelik I.