Salomon III
Salomon III was Emperor of Ethiopia intermittently between 1796 and 1799, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Tekle Haymanot II. He may be identical with the Emperor Solomon whom the traveler Henry Salt lists as one of the Emperors still alive at the time of his visit in 1809/1810. E. A. Wallis Budge notes some authorities believe he was the same person as Baeda Maryam II. Life. He was largely a figurehead, appointed Emperor by "Ras" Wolde Selassie of Tigray and "Ras" Mare'ed in 1796. He spent the next year struggling with  his rival, and brother, the former Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I; while he was preoccupied with Tekle Giyorgis, Gondar was surrounded in May 1797 by the rebel "Balambaras" Asserat, who did not have the military strength to enter the capital city, and limited his destruction to burning the property of Tekle Giyorgis in Gondar. Salomon was forced to flee Gondar, and took refuge in Axum where he lived under the protection of "Ras" Wolde Selassie. The "Ras" then supported the restoration of Salomon's brother Tekle Giyorgis. Not long afterwards, Salomon was invited to live with his brother as his guest . In May 1797, while Tekle Giyorgis was campaigning in Begemder, Salomon disappeared from Tekle Giyorgis' camp and made his way back to Gondar where he received by "Ras" Mare'ed. "Ras" Mare'ed and "Ras" Guebre then restored Salomon as Emperor the following month. However, "Ras" Wolde Gabriel marched on Gondar and a battle was fought between him and "Ras" Mare'ed on 22 July; both Wolde Gabriel and Mare'ed were killed, but Salomon's supporters were defeated. Salomon was deposed and put into chains by "Dejazmach" Gugsa and "Dejazmach" Alula, who were in the victorious army, and replaced him five days later  with Demetros, the great-grandson of Emperor Fasilides. In 1802, Salomon was reportedly still a prisoner, but at that time in Tigray.