Tekle Haymanot II
Tekle Haymanot II (Ge'ez: ተክለ ሃይማኖት), throne name: Admas Sagad III (Ge'ez: አድማስ ሰገድ; 1754 – 7 September 1777) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 18 October 1769 to 13 April 1777, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Yohannes II by Woizero Sancheviyar, at the Imperial prison of Mount Wehni.
Tekle Haymanot II ተክለ ሃይማኖት | |
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Emperor of Ethiopia | |
Reign | 18 October 1769 – August 1770 |
Predecessor | Yohannes II |
Successor | Susenyos II |
Reign | December 1770 – 13 April 1777 |
Predecessor | Susenyos II |
Successor | Salomon II |
Born | 1754 |
Died | 7 September 1777 22–23) | (aged
Dynasty | House of Solomon |
Father | Yohannes II |
Mother | Sancheviyar |
Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo |
The Scottish explorer James Bruce (who was in Ethiopia from September 1769 to November 1771) described his appearance as follows:
- He was a prince of a most graceful figure, tall for his age, rather thin, and of the whitest shade of Abyssinian colour, for such are all those princes that are born in the mountain. He was not so dark in complexion as a Neapolitan or Portuguese, had a remarkably fine forehead, large black eyes, but which had something very stern in them, a straight nose, rather of the largest, thin lips, and small mouth, very white teeth and long hair. His features, even in Europe, would have been thought fine. he was particularly careful of his hair, which he dressed in a hundred different ways. ... he had an excellent understanding, and prudence beyond his years. He was said to be naturally of a very warm temper, but this he had so perfectly subdued, as scarcely ever to have given an instance of it in public. He entered into Ras Michael's views entirely, and was as forward to march out against Fasil, as his father had been averse to it.
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