Reign
Demetros was elevated as Emperor by '' Dejazmach'' Gugsa and his brother Alula, who put his predecessor Emperor Salomon III in chains. Four days later he made Gugsa ''Dejazmach'' over Begemder, and five days after that Demetros appointed Alula Kenyazmach. However, in March of the next year, Tekle Giyorgis I, Tekle Giyorgis returned to Gondar, supported by ''Ras (title), Ras'' Wolde Selassie, and while Tekle Giyorgis made a point of not entering the Royal Enclosure (Gondar), palace, Demetros is commonly considered to have been deposed at that point. Demetros' restoration was not a solemn affair. According to the ''Royal Chronicle of Abyssinia'', while Tekle Giyorgis was away from Gondar campaigning in the provinces, Demetros was dragged to the Royal Palace against his will where he was made ruler. "After that they turned him out and bringing in Takla Giyorgis King of Kings made him King over the other and even yet a third time drove him out of the Royal Palace when he had done nothing." On this rapid succession of emperors at the will of the powerful warlords, the writer of ''The Royal Chronicle'' lamented, : I indeed am sad and stricken on account of this persecution of those revered kings. Who shall restore the dominion of the kingdom to you as of old he restored the kingdom from the Zagwe dynasty, Zagwe to the Solomonic dynasty, house of David, through the prayer of Iyasus Mo'a, and the covenant of Abuna Tekle Haymanot, Takla Haymanot, may he grant us this day that he restore the Kingdom. Amen. The ''Royal Chronicle'' records his death late in 1802. He was buried at Ba'ata.Weld Blundell, ''The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia'', p. 473Notes
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