Emperor Yohannes III (c. 1797 – c. 1873) was the last of the elder Gondar line of the Solomonic dynasty to reign over the Ethiopian Empire. He was the son of Tekle Giyorgis. He was largely a figurehead, with real power in the hands of the Enderase or Regent, Ras Ali II a princeling of the Yejju Dynasty. Ras Ali's mother was the Empress Menen Liben Amede.
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1797
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1873 (aged 75)
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