Ruler · 1837 – 1889

Yohannes IV

Lived 1837 – 1889; military personnel. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1871 – 1889.

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Lived: 1837 – 1889; 52 years
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 74th of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

70 before

Yohannes III1850 – 1851

Sahle Dengel1851 – 1855

Tewodros II1855 – 1868

Yohannes IV1871 – 1889

Menelik II1889 – 1913

Lij Iyasu1913 – 1916

Zewditu I of Ethiopia1916 – 1930

2 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 1871 – 1889 · 18 years · came to it aged 34

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Yohannes was killed by the Mahdists at the Battle of Gallabat that took place on 9–10 March 1889 in Metemma near the Sudanese border.

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