due to his young age, his authority required a regent; a council was formed of his mother queen romna, tasfa giyorgis (the abbot of the monastery of lake hayq), and the bitwoded amda mikael. however, queen romna withdrew from this arrangement early on, entering a convent near debre libanos where she lived until her death; abbot tasfa giyorgis proved no match for the experienced bitwoded, and according to taddesse tamrat amda mikael "ruled the kingdom almost single handed." betwoded amda mikael's rule came to an end around 1486 when a palace coup led by the emperor's step-grandmother queen mother eleni resulted in his deposition and execution. queen eleni thereafter played a leading role in the emperor's government.