Iyoas II
Iyoas II | |
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Emperor of Ethiopia | |
Reign | 14 June 1818 – 3 June 1821 |
Predecessor | Egwale Seyon |
Successor | Gigar |
Died | 3 June 1821 |
House | House of Solomon |
Father | Hezqeyas |
Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo |
Iyoas II (Ge'ez: ኢዮአስ, died 3 June 1821) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 14 June 1818[1] to 3 June 1821, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Hezqeyas.
Reign
The Royal chronicle provides very little information about his reign: only the date of his elevation and the year of his death.[2] According to Nathaniel Pearce, Iyoas was selected Emperor over his nephews Zerobabel and Merrit by Ras Gugsa and Kenyazmach Akli Meru due to the nephews' bad characters. Prior to his elevation, he had been living as a monk in Waldebba.[3]
Samuel Gobat, a near-contemporary of Iyoas, states he was "efficiently sustained by Ras Gugsa, who was his firm support, or rather his superior."[4] With Iyoas' death an interregnum of several months followed.
Notes
- ^ Nathaniel Pearce, The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce. J.J. Halls. ed. (London, 1831), vol. 2 p. 256
- ^ Herbert Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769-1840 (Cambridge: University Press, 1922), p. 484
- ^ Pearce, Life and Adventures, vol. 2 p. 255
- ^ Samuel Gobat, Journal of Three years' Residence in Abyssinia, 1851 (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969), p. 168
Regnal titles | ||
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Preceded by Egwale Seyon | Emperor of Ethiopia 1818–1821 | Succeeded by Gigar |
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(1270–1632)
- Yekuno Amlak
- Yagbe'u Seyon (Salomon I)
- Sons: Senfa Ared IV
- Hezba Asgad
- Qedma Asgad
- Jin Asgad
- Saba Asgad
- Wedem Arad
- Amda Seyon I
- Newaya Krestos
- Newaya Maryam
- Dawit I
- Tewodros I
- Yeshaq I
- Andreyas
- Takla Maryam
- Sarwe Iyasus
- Amda Iyasus
- Zara Yaqob (Kwestantinos I)
- Baeda Maryam I
- Eskender (Kwestantinos II)
- Amda Seyon II
- Na'od
- Dawit II
- Gelawdewos
- Menas
- Sarsa Dengel
- Yaqob
- Za Dengel
- Yaqob
- Susenyos I
(1632–1769)
(1769–1855)
- Yohannes II
- Tekle Haymanot II
- Susenyos II
- Tekle Haymanot II
- Salomon II
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Iyasu III
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Hezqeyas
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Baeda Maryam II
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Salomon III
- Yonas
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Salomon III
- Demetros
- Tekle Giyorgis I
- Demetros
- Egwale Seyon
- Iyoas II
- Gigar
- Baeda Maryam III
- Gigar
- Iyasu IV
- Gebre Krestos
- Sahle Dengel
- Gebre Krestos
- Sahle Dengel
- Yohannes III
- Sahle Dengel
- Yohannes III
- Sahle Dengel
- Yohannes III
- Sahle Dengel
(1855–1974)
- 1 Never crowned.
- 2 Between 1936–1941, Haile Selassie went into exile following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
During that time, the imperial title was claimed by Italian King Victor Emmanuel III. - 3 Emperor-in-exile.