High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Emperor Yohannes III (c. 1824 – c. 1873) was the last of the elder "Gondar" line of the Solomonic dynasty to reign over Ethiopia. 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 Oromo ruling family of the district of Yejju. Ras Ali had compelled Emperor Yohannes to marry Ras Ali`s mother, the formidable Empress Menen Liben Amede, who dominated both her second husband and her son.