''Atse'' Baeda Maryam was proclaimed

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(''nəgusä nägäst'') (1787 – 1788) of

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and

Gojjam Gojjam ( ''gōjjām'', originally ጐዛም ''gʷazzam'', later ጐዣም ''gʷažžām'', ጎዣም ''gōžžām'') is a historical provincial kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Markos. During the 18th century, G ...

by ''

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, the son of '' Ras''

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, who was opposed to ''Ras''

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Reign

Joined by ''Ras''

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and ''

'' Gebre Masqal, Wolde Gabriel met ''Ras'' Ali, the Emperor

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, and their supporters in the Battle of Madab, where the allies were defeated. ''Dejazmach'' Wolde Gabriel was killed in battle and Baeda Maryam was captured.

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, ''The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769-1840'', (Cambridge: University Press, 1922), pp. 384-390 However, ''Atse'' Baeda Maryam's followers would not surrender, and elevated

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to replace him. Baeda Maryam is sometimes given the title ''Atse'', a less familiar

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word for "Emperor", to distinguish him from the other Emperors of Ethiopia with the same name. Because he was not recognized as a legitimate ruler, he is not assigned a throne name.

Notes

Pretenders to the Ethiopian throne 18th-century emperors of Ethiopia {{Ethiopia-royal-stub, Baeda Maryam, Atse