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Line 1: '''Tekle Giyorgis I''' (died [[1825]]) was ''[[Emperor of Ethiopia]]'' of [[Ethiopia]] intermittently between [[20 July]] [[1779]] and June [[1800]], and a member of the [[Solomonid dynasty]]. He was the son of [[Yohannes II of Ethiopia\|Yohannes II]] and the brother of [[Tekle Haymanot II of Ethiopia\|Tekle Haymanot II]]. Tekle Giyorgis gained and lost the Imperial throne five times after [[Ras (title)\|Ras]] [[Wolde Selassie]] and Ras [[Kefla Adyam]] called him down from the royal prison at [[Wehni]] and made him Emperor in 1779. He proved unpopular at first, and until he was deposed for the first time in [[8 February]] [[1784]] by Ras [[Abeto of Gojjam]], he was forced at times to seek a safe haven from Ras Wolde Selassie. Eventually he could not exert his authority in any part of his realm. Budge notes that he "withdrew from [[Gojjam\|Godjam]] and went to [[Afarwanat]], where he fought a battle and was defeated, and then fled to [[Ambassel\|'Ambasell]]."<sup>[[#Notes\|1]]</sup>

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