Qegnazmach Giyorgis acted on this by bringing Yohannes down from the royal prison on Wehni to rule, but before Yohannes could be proclaimed emperor, Bakaffa revealed...

Yohannes IV (Tigrinya: ዮሓንስ ፬ይ Rabaiy Yōḥānnes; horse name Abba Bezbiz also known as Kahśsai; born Lij Kahssai Mercha; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889) was...

1889, Emperor Yohannes IV was killed in a war with the Mahdist State during the Battle of Gallabat (Metemma). With his dying breath, Yohannes declared his...

28 (1988), p. 23 Tekle Tsadik Mekuria, "Atse Yohannes ina Ye Ityopia Andinet" (Amharic - Emperor Yohannes and Ethiopian Unity), (Addis Ababa, Berhanena...

April 1777, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Yohannes II by Woizero Sancheviyar, at the Imperial prison of Mount Wehni. The Scottish...

Yohannes may refer to: Yohannes (name), a list of people with the given name or surname Yohannes I of Ethiopia (died 1682) Yohannes II of Ethiopia (1699–1769)...

Emperor Sahle Dengel in the place of the hapless Yohannes III who had acknowledged Kassa immediately. Yohannes III was treated well by Kassa who seems to have...

Emperor Yohannes was deposed and restored several times between 30 August 1840 and 1851, alternating with his cousin Sahle Dengel. Yohannes was deposed...

Nebahne Yohannes, a claimant to the Ethiopian throne. Emperor Yohannes II of Ethiopia. Emperor Yohannes III of Ethiopia. Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia...

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often, as in the case of Emperor Yohannes IV of Tigray's claim to the throne after the death of Emperor Tewodros II from Gondar, would leave the direct...

Dawit II (Ge'ez: ዳዊት; c. 1496 – 2 September 1540), also known by the macaronic name Wanag Segad (ወናግ ሰገድ, to whom the lions bow), better known by his birth...

Yohannes I (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ዮሐንስ), also known as Yohannes the Righteous (Ge'ez: ጻድቁ ዮሐንስ), throne name A'ilaf Sagad (Ge'ez: አእላፍ ሰገድ; c. 1640 – 19 July 1682)...

deposed Sahle Dengel on 29 August 1840 in favor of her husband Yohannes III. However Yohannes offended Ras Ali by favoring his rival Wube Haile Maryam, and...

father. On 15 July 1682, the ailing Emperor Yohannes I made Iyasu his successor. The dignitaries witnessing Yohannes I final proclamation were Kanafero and...

Solomonic dynasty. He was the brother of Iyasu I, and one of five sons of Yohannes I. Following the murder of his nephew Tekle Haymanot I, Tewoflos was brought...

three sons (of which two died before coming of age) and three daughters. Yohannes I was the eldest son and successor. His two other sons (Dawit and Isuor)...

Solomonic dynasty. He was the youngest son of Yohannes II and Woizoro Sancheviyer, and the brother of Tekle Haymanot II. According to Sven Rubenson, who described...

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married to Princess Wolete Israel Seyoum, great-granddaughter of Emperor Yohannes IV, and had a daughter, Princess Ijigayehu. Following the Italian invasion...

Ras Mengesha Yohannes (Tigrinya: መንገሻ ዮሓንስ; 1868 – 1906) was governor of Tigray and a son of Emperor Yohannes IV (r. 1872–89). His mother was Welette Tekle...

Iyoas II (Ge'ez: ኢዮአስ, died 3 June 1821) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 14 June 1818 to 3 June 1821, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son...

1769, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the infant son of Iyasu II and Wubit (Welete Bersabe), the daughter of an Oromo chieftain of the Karrayyu...

Woizero Romanework Mengesha, the daughter of Ras Mengesha Yohannes, granddaughter of Emperor Yohannes IV, and the niece of Empress Taitu. However, that marriage...

His half brothers who ascended the throne were Dawit III, Bakaffa and Yohannes II. Tekle Haymanot became Emperor following Iyasus' retirement to an island...

child Iyoas I in 1769, the reigning emperor, and installed 70-year-old Yohannes II. Between 1769 and 1855, Ethiopia witnessed the Zemene Mesafint or "Age...

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by the Enderase or Regent, Ras Ali II an Oromo princeling of the district of Yejju; but shortly afterwards Ali II deposed Gebre Krestos in favor of his...

Iyasu II (Ge'ez: ኢያሱ; 21 October 1723 – 27 June 1755), throne name Alem Sagad (Ge'ez: ዓለም ሰገድ), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1730 to 1755, and a member...

took to riding through the countryside and organizing raids; when Ras Ali II who had succeeded his cousin Ras Dori heard about this, he quickly deposed...