Ruler · 1745 – 1832

Gigar

Lived 1745 – 1832; politician. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1821 – 1826 and 1 more term.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1745 – 1832; 87 years
In office: 9 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 61st and 63rd of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

57 before

Demetros1800 – 1801

Egwale Seyon1801 – 1818

Gigar1821 – 1826

Gigar1826 – 1830

Sahle Dengel1832 – 1840

13 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1821 – 1826 · 5 years · came to it aged 76 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He was deposed by Dejazmach Haile Maryam, governor of Semien, in April 1826, who set Baeda Maryam III on the throne, but after a few days Ras Marye restored Gigar.

Reigned 1826 – 1830 · 4 years · came to it aged 81 · term 2 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1830; they died in 1832

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