Ruler · 1895 – 1935

Lij Iyasu

Lived 1895 – 1935; politician. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1913 – 1916.

Wikidata's English label: Iyasu V.

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

Lived: 1895 – 1935; 40 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 76th of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

72 before

Tewodros II1855 – 1868

Yohannes IV1871 – 1889

Menelik II1889 – 1913

Lij Iyasu1913 – 1916

Zewditu I of Ethiopia1916 – 1930

Haile Selassie1930 – 1974

Victor Emmanuel III1936 – 1941

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 1913 – 1916 · 3 years · came to it aged 18

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

the article also: deposed

On 27 September 1916, while at the city of Harar, Lij Iyasu was deposed in favor of his aunt, Zewditu.

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