Iyasu is an Ethiopian

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

 name meaning Joshua

Joshua (disambiguation)

Joshua is a Biblical figure.Joshua may also refer to:-People:* Joshua , also a list of people with the name* Joshua the High Priest* A. B...

. It can also mean Yasu (or Yashu), Yesu, or Jesu

Jesus

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.

Various Ethiopian Emperors have used the name including:

• Iyasu I of Ethiopia
  Iyasu I of Ethiopia
  Iyasu I , also known as Iyasu the Great, was of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty...
  
   (also known as the Great) (1682 - 1706)
• Iyasu II of Ethiopia
  Iyasu II of Ethiopia
  Iyasu II or Joshua II was of Ethiopia, and a member of the Gondar branch of Solomonic dynasty...
  
   (1730 – 1755)
• Iyasu III of Ethiopia
  Iyasu III of Ethiopia
  Iyasu III or Joshua III was of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Abeto Azequ, and the grandson of Iyasus II....
  
   (1784 – 1788)
• Iyasu IV of Ethiopia
  Iyasu IV of Ethiopia
  Iyasu IV or Joshua IV was of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Salomon III....
  
   (1830 - 1832)
• Iyasu V of Ethiopia
  Iyasu V of Ethiopia
  Iyasu V , also known as Lij Iyasu was the designated but uncrowned Emperor of Ethiopia . His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob...
  
   (1913 - 1916) (uncrowned and excommunicated by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
  Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
  The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the predominant Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Church was administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All...
  
  , not referred to publicly as Iyasu V)

Three claimants to the throne

Throne

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 also used Iyasu:

Yeshaq Iyasu

Yeshaq Iyasu

Yeshaq Iyasu claimed the title of Ethiopia. He claimed to be the grandson of Susenyos by a son who had fled the Empire south of the Abay before Fasilides had imprisoned all of his male relatives on Wehni, and was supported by Qegnazmach Wale of Damot, and Tabdan the Hermit of Guondj...

 claimed the title nəgusä nägäst (1685) of Ethiopia, opponent of Iyasu I.

Girma Yohannis Iyasu

Girma Yohannis Iyasu

Prince Girma Yohannis Iyasu is the Iyasuist claimant to the throne of Ethiopia. He is also known by the name Girma Ghebresillasie.-Life:He is the son of Lij Yohannes Iyasu...

 (1961 - Present) - Iyasuist claimant to the abolished throne of Ethiopia.

Atse Iyasu

Atse Iyasu

Iyasu or Joshua was proclaimed of Ethiopia in Tigray and Gojjam by enemies of Ras Ali I of Yejju. He was defeated in battle against Ras Ali....

 - was proclaimed nəgusä nägäst (1787 – 1788) of Ethiopia in Tigray

Tigray

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 and Gojjam

Gojjam

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 by enemies of Ras Ali I of Yejju.