Iyoas II of Ethiopia

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Iyoas II or Joas II (Ge'ez ኢዮዋስ, died 3 June 1821) was nəgusä nägäst (19 June 1818 - 3 June 1821) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Hezqeyas.

According to Samual Gobat, Iyoas was "efficienty sustained by Ras Googsa, who was his firm support, or rather his superior."[1] With his death an interregnum of several months followed.

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  1. ^ Samuel Gobat, Journal of Three years' Residence in Abyssinia, 1851 (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969), p. 168.
Preceded by
Egwale Seyon		 Emperor of Ethiopia
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Gigar
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