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chancellery . of yohannes i in gondar , amhara region fasilides ethiopian orthodox iyasu the great 19 july 1682 emperor of ethiopia c. 1640 chancellery of yohannes i 02.jpg yohannes i
 yohannes 1667-1682
yohannes i

yohannes i -lrb- ge'ez ዮሐንስ `` yōḥānnis '' , amh .
`` yōhānnis '' , also sometimes called john i -rrb- , throne name a'ilaf sagad -lrb- ge'ez አእላፍ ሰገድ `` a ` ilāf sagad '' , `` to whom tens of thousands bow '' -rrb- , -lrb- c. 1640 -- 19 july 1682 -rrb- was `` emperor of ethiopia '' -lrb- 1667 -- 1682 -rrb- of ethiopia , and a member of the solomonic dynasty .
he was the fourth son of fasilides .
yohannes was appointed '' '' by a council of the senior dignitaries of the empire , at the encouragement of the noble blattengeta malka krestos .
the council then imprisoned the other sons of fasilides on mount wehni , continuing the practice fasilides had revived .
according to g.w.b. huntingford , yohannes spent much of his reign campaigning , stating that 6 of the 11 itineraries he reproduces were military expeditions .
three of these were against the agaw in gojjam , and agawmeder , one against the oromo , and two punitive expeditions to the area around mount ashgwagwa -- angot and lasta -- to quash the revolts of feres -lrb- in 1677 -rrb- and za maryam -lrb- 1679 -rrb- .
emperor yohannes died on 19 july and was buried at teda .
