Oromo ruler Iyasu V of Ethiopia | Iyasu V ( Lij Iyasu ), Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 – 16.

Notably Iyasu V was the designated but uncrowned Emperor of Ethiopia ( 1913 – 1916 ), while Haile Selassie I was the crowned and generally acknowledged Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.

* September 27 – Iyasu V of Ethiopia is deposed in a palace coup, in favour of his aunt Zauditu.

* November 25 – Iyasu V, deposed Emperor of Ethiopia ( b. 1895 / 1896 )

His excommunication by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church prevented him from being referred to publicly as Iyasu V.

When the forces of Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, aircraft of the Royal Italian Air Force ( Regia Aeronautica Italiana ) scattered fliers asking the population to rebel against Haile Selassie and support the " true Emperor Iyasu V ." It was feared that the Italians would make use of Iyasu to fragment Ethiopian resistance to their conquest.

Tekle Hawariat, concludes that Iyasu V was completely unsuited for the throne, and that his deposing was necessary for the survival of the Empire and the good of the people.

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While some believe Taytu may have played a part in the plot that eventually removed Emperor Iyasu V from the throne in 1916, replacing him with Empress Zauditu, the price for Zauditu's elevation was a divorce from Taytu's nephew Ras Gugsa Welle, who became governor of Begemder.

As a result, Iyasu was never officially proclaimed as Emperor Iyasu V. However, both Menelik's death and Iyasu's de-facto accession were widely known and accepted.

Her mother was Woizero Sehin Mikael, half-sister of Lij Iyasu ( Iyasu V ), and daughter of Negus Mikael of Wollo.

Iyasu I ( or Joshua I, Ge ' ez ኢያሱ ), also known as Iyasu the Great, was

Iyasu II or Joshua II ( Ge ' ez ኢያሱ ; 21 October 1723 – 27 June 1755 ) was

Iyasu IV or Joshua IV ( Ge ' ez ኢያሱ ) was

* October 27 – Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael of Wollo, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.

Although Marcus states that " What actually happened will not be known until information from the French archives becomes available ," Fitawrari (" Commander of the Vanguard ") Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam, a fervent reformer and a onetime friend of Iyasu, states in his recently published autobiography that the Djibouti trip was something of a vacation for Lij Iyasu, and that he spent much of his time consorting with Muslim notables in the city and consuming large amounts of qat as well as completely depleting the funds of the Ethiopian mission in the French colony.

" Iyasu modernized many sections of the Ethiopian criminal code, and created a municipal police force, the Terenbulle.

Zewditu was summoned to the capital, and on 27 September 1916, the Council of State and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church officially announced the death of Emperor Menelik II and deposed Iyasu in favour of Zewditu.

Menelik II, and later his daughter Zewditu, would be the last Ethiopian monarchs who could claim uninterrupted direct male descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba ( both Lij Iyasu and Emperor Haile Selassie I were in the female line, Iyasu through his mother Shewarega Menelik, and Haile Selassie through his paternal grandmother, Tenagnework Sahle Selassie ).

* Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis ( Aba Mela ), Ethiopian Minister of War, during the reigns of Menelik II, Iyasu V, Zauditu and Haile Selassie.

Iyasu III or Joshua III was

Iyasu or Joshua was proclaimed

1706-27 June 1773 ), was Empress of Ethiopia, consort of Emperor Bakaffa, mother of Iyasu II and grandmother of Iyoas I.

Ras Kassa also adhered to this policy for as long as Iyasu was in his custody, so the terms of Iyasu's imprisonment were not particularly harsh.

Iyasu also had an elder half-sister, Woizero Sehin Mikael, married to Jantirar Asfaw, Lord of Ambassel, whose daughter would eventually become Empress Menen Asfaw, wife of Emperor Haile Selassie.

Iyasu was informed of his grandfather's death, but insisted on continuing a mock battle game known as gugs and did not allow any form of public mourning.

Because he was never crowned emperor, he is usually referred to as Lij Iyasu, " Lij " meaning child, especially one born of royal blood.

The second heir of the female line was his younger grandson Lij Iyasu, son of Shoagarad and Ras Mikael.

On 11 June 1908, after experiencing a stroke while on pilgrimage to Debre Libanos, Menelik informed his ministers that Lij Iyasu would succeed him.

Until Lij Iyasu came of age, the elder statesman Ras Tessema Nadew ' would be Regent Plenipotentiary ( Balemulu ' Enderase ).

In May 1909, shortly before the Emperor made this decision, Lij Iyasu was married to Woizero Romanework Mengesha, the daughter of Ras Mengesha Yohannes, granddaughter of Emperor Yohannes IV, and the niece of Empress Taitu.

Not long after his decision that Lij Iyasu would succeed him, Emperor Menelik succumbed to further strokes.

During his last years, in a bid to retain power, Empress Taitu intrigued against his choice, intending to substitute either her step-daughter Leult Zewditu or her daughter's husband Ras Gugsa Welle ( who happened to be Taitu's nephew ) for Lij Iyasu.

On 28 October 1909, after a massive stroke, Menelik's choice of Lij Iyasu as his heir was made public with Ras Bitwoedded Tessema Nadew as Enderase.

On 10 April 1911, Tessema Nadew died and, when the council met to appoint a successor as Enderase, Lij Iyasu demanded a role in the process.

At this point, Lij Iyasu decided to leave the capital, ostensibly on a military expedition against the Afar, but he simply traveled through eastern Shewa and into Wollo, meeting with the common people.

Here Lij Iyasu took part in a series of slave raids, in which 40, 000 people of both sexes were captured, " half of whom died en route of smallpox, dysentery, hunger and fatigue.

Lij Iyasu left the capital after little more than a month, and during this time engaged in a raid upon the Afar, who had reportedly massacred 300 of the Karayu Oromo at the village of Sadimalka on the Awash River.

Lij Iyasu showed a pronounced lack of interest in the day to day running of the government, leaving most of the work for the ministers to deal with.

They were constantly subject to insults and disparagement by Lij Iyasu who referred to them as " my grandfather's fattened sheep.

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

Lij Iyasu's only legitimate child was a daughter born in 1928 to him and Sabla Wangel Hailu, Alem Tsahai Iyasu who was granted the title of Emebet-hoy by Emperor Haile Selassie.

According to Fitawrari Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam, Lij Iyasu at one point announced " If I do not make Ethiopia Muslim, then I am not Iyasu.