Salomon II

Salomon II
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign	13 April 1777 – 20 July 1779
Predecessor	Tekle Haymanot II
Successor	Tekle Giyorgis
House	House of Solomon
Father	Abeto Adigo
Religion	Ethiopian Orthodox

Salomon II (Ge'ez ሣሎሞን) was nəgusä nägäst (13 April 1777 – 20 July 1779) of Ethiopia. He was the son of Abeto Adigo. He may be identical with the Emperor Solomon whom the traveler Henry Salt lists as one of the Emperors still alive at the time of his visit in 1809/1810.

Richard Pankhurst credits him with the construction of Qeddus Fasilides ("St. Basilides," literally "Holy Basilides") church in Gondar. The chronicler Alaqa Gabru appears to suggest, in a confusing passage, that Salomon was blinded before he was deposed.

Salomon was made Emperor by Ras Haile Yosadiq, Dejazmach Wand Bewossen, and Dejazmach Kenfu Adam after they deposed Tekle Haymanot II. One of Salomon's first acts as Emperor was to make a series of appointments: Ras Ayadar became the Ras Betwoded, Kenfu Adam governor of Damot, Wand Bewsossen governor of Begemder, Dejazmach Hailu Adara governor of Gojjam, Dejazmach Hailu Eshte governor of Semien, and Basha Mebaras Boqatu deputy to the Blattengeta.

Despite the consensus of the major nobles of the Empire to support Salomon, Azaj Salassie Barya brought Tekle Giyorgis from the royal prison on Wehni as a pretender to the throne. Salomon responded by marching out from Gondar; Tekle Giyorgis then fled to Tigray, whence he emerged in the month of Sane at the head of an army which was rumored to be "a large force". Tekle Giyorgis was defeated outside of Gondar, and returned to Wehni.

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