| Gigar Of Ethiopia |
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Gigar's precise ancestral line is somewhat uncertain. While during his lifetime he was uncontestedly regarded as a descendant in male line of the dynasty, at least two contradictory ancestories exist in the sources. One is that he was a son of Iyasu II and thus the brother of Iyoas I ; the other is that he was a son of Giyorgis Manfeasked, the son of Gabre, the son of Mammo, and a descendant of Emperor Fasilides . Gigar had entered the priesthood at an early age. When over seventy, he was plucked from obscurity and proclaimed as monarch on the death of Iyoas II . Gigar was largely a figurehead, made Emperor by Ras Marye of Begemder and chief of the Oromo . He was deposed by Haile Maryam in April 1826, who set Baeda Maryam III on the throne, but after a few days Ras Marye restored Gigar. After Marye was killed in battle against Sabagadis of Tigray in the Battle Of Debre Abbay ( 14 February 1831 ), his successor and brother, Ras Dori , deposed Gigar. 1 NOTES # E. A. Wallis Budge, ''A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia'', 1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970) p.481. Budge considers him the son of Iyasus and brother of Iyoas.
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