predecessor successor succession house religion article_title name reign
tekle giyorgis i tekle giyorgis i emperor of ethiopia house of solomon ethiopian orthodox tewahedo baeda maryam ii
 baeda maryam ii 15 april & ndash ; december 1795
baeda maryam ii

baeda maryam ii was `` emperor of ethiopia '' -lrb- 15 april -- december 1795 -rrb- of ethiopia .
he may have been the son of salomon ii .
although e. a. wallis budge , in his book `` a history of ethiopia : nubia and abyssinia '' , notes some authorities believe baeda maryam was the same person as salomon iii , nathaniel pearce , who met the former emperor when he visited `` ras '' wolde selassie 20 january 1813 , states that he had been emperor only once , for nine months .
pearce provides a short account of baeda maryam 's reign .
he had been made emperor by `` dejazmach '' wolde gabriel , and after he was deposed by ras aligaz , baeda maryam found refuge with ras guebra .
the `` royal chronicle '' provides further details : when emperor tekle giyorgis i was absent from gondar raiding near shawra , baeda maryam was proclaimed emperor over the protests of abuna yosab iii and the ichege .
at the same time wolde gabriel was elevated to `` ras '' and `` betwodded '' .
however , according to the `` royal chronicle '' baeda maryam found little support beyond wolde gabriel : not long after his coronation , retainers of `` ras '' guebra at shawada and mosabit clashed with the retainers of wolde gabriel ; `` dejazmach '' wolde selassie appeared to support baeda maryam as emperor , but he sent a secret message to `` dejazmach '' haile wand bewossen of support .
both `` ras '' wolde gabriel and emperor baeda maryam campaigned in the provinces in a show of strength , but by the rainy season baeda maryam had returned to gondar .
towards the end of 1795 , `` dejazmach '' haile wand bewossen marched from lasta , supported by oromo from wollo , and defeated wolde gabriel in battle at felaqit saturday 8 teqemt .
wolde gabriel retreated towards the checheho pausing at maryam weha and his enemies at agala .
when wolde gabriel attempted to retire towards sabisabar , he was attacked and defeated once again at tsanfa gumara .
wolde gabriel withdrew to quratsa , where the monks made peace between him and haile wand bewossen .
wolde gabriel then went to the monastery at mahdere maryam while haile marched on gondar , where he summoned tekle giyorgis to resume the throne .
by 1802 , baeda maryam was reportedly a prisoner in semien .
by january 1813 , he was still in semien , at which time he visited `` ras '' wolde selassie to seek his help in being restored to the throne , but the `` ras '' declined to help .
pearce later notes that wolde selassie was thought to be supporting the claims of another former emperor , tekle giyorgis , but did not act because `` he is persuaded to wait for the abuna from egypt and take him with him . ''
