Tekle Giyorgis II

Who was Tekle Giyorgis II?

Tekle Giyorgis II was nəgusä nägäst of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1872.

Gobeze based his claim to the Imperial throne on a dual heritage: through his father Wagshum Gebre Medhin, he was the heir to the old Zagwe dynasty and the rulers of Lasta, and his mother was a descendant of the Solomonic dynasty. His principal rivals for sole rule were Menelik II, and Dejazmach Kassai. Gobeze married the sister of the latter, Dinqinesh Mercha.

Because Tekle Giyorgis's rule was so ephemeral, some lists of the Emperors of Ethiopia omit his name.