Atse Baeda Maryam

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Baeda Maryam was proclaimed nəgusä nägäst (1787 – 1788) of Ethiopia in Tigray and Gojjam by Dejazmach Wolde Gabriel, the son of Ras Mikael Sehul, who was opposed to Ras Ali of Begemder.

Joined by Ras Haile Isadiq and Dejazmach Gebre, they met Ras Ali and his supporters in the Battle of Madab. With their followers, Ras Ali and the Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I defeated the allies and Dejazmach Wolde Gabriel was killed in battle and Baeda Maryam was captured.[1] However, his followers would not surrender, and elevated Tekle Haymanot to replace him.

He is sometimes given the title Atse, a less familiar Amharic word for "Emperor", to distinguish him from the other Emperors of Ethiopia with the same name; because he was not recognized as a legitimate ruler, he is not assigned a name.

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  1. ^ Weld Blundell, H. (1922). The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769-1840. Cambridge: University Press. 
Preceded by
Tekle Giyorgis		 Emperor of Ethiopia Succeeded by
Tekle Haymanot
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