Tekle Giyorgis I [SEP] noble family
Tekle Giyorgis I
Tekle Giyorgis I ( "Plant of Saint George"; c. 1751 – 12 December 1817) was Emperor of Ethiopia (throne name Feqr Sagad) intermittently between 20 July 1779 and June 1800, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the youngest son of Yohannes II and Woizoro Sancheviyer, and the brother of Tekle Haymanot II.
According to Sven Rubenson, who described Tekle Giyorgis as the last emperor to exercise authority on his own, "It is not without justification that he has in
, although the majority of the great lords supported Hezqeyas, Tekle Haymanot made his own appointments from his refuge in Gojjam, undermining Hezqeyas' authority, "for the Kingdom was split in two."
The following year Tekle Giyorgis had a falling out with his primary supporter "Ras" Tekle Yosadiq; Tekle Giyorgis fled Gojjam, seeking the support of another noble, "Dejazmach" Gadlu, who refused to receive him; Tekle Giyorgis then turned to "Ras" Aligaz for help who responded positively, but once Tekle Haymanot