Iyoas II

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Iyoas II or Joas II (Ge'ez ኢዮአስ, died 3 June 1821) was nəgusä nägäst (14 June 1818^[1] – 3 June 1821) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Hezqeyas.

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 Googsa, 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

Preceded by Egwale Seyon	Emperor of Ethiopia 1818–1821	Succeeded by Gigar

v t e Emperors of Ethiopia (1270–1974)

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Solomonic dynasty	Yekuno Amlak Yagbe'u Seyon Yagbe'u Seyon (Salomon I) 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 Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos* Dawit III Bakaffa Iyasu II

Age of the Princes	Iyoas I 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

Tewodros Dynasty	Tewodros II

Zagwe Restoration	Tekle Giyorgis II

Tigray Dynasty	Yohannes IV

Solomonic dynasty	Menelik II Zewditu I Haile Selassie

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Name	Iyoas 02 Of Ethiopia
Alternative names
Short description	Emperor of Ethiopia
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	3 June 1821
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