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Zewditu (Ge'ez: ዘውዲቱ, born
Askala Maryam; 29
April 1876 – 2
April 1930) was
Empress of
Ethiopia from 1916
until her
death in 1930. The
first female head...
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Zewditu Hospital is a
hospital in
central Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was built,
owned and
operated by the Seventh-day
Adventist Church, but was nationalized...
- the
third heir of the
female line was Menelik's
elder daughter Woizero Zewditu, who was
married to Ras
Gugsa Welle,
nephew of the
Empress Taitu. Menelik...
- of Begemder."
Taytu Betul arranged the
marriage of
Gugsa Welle to
Leult Zewditu, the
eldest daughter of
Emperor Menelek II and an
earlier wife. They were...
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reign of Lij
Iyasu (whom they
helped depose) and into the
reign of
Empress Zewditu.
Menelik was the son of the
Shewan Amhara king,
Negus Haile Melekot, and...
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power as
Regent Plenipotentiary of
Ethiopia (Enderase) for
Empress Zewditu from 1916
until 1930.
Haile Sel****ie is
widely considered a
defining figure...
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Empress (Nigiste Negest)
Zewditu or King (Negus)
Tafari Makonnen. The
Battle of
Anchem is
memorable because the pro-
Zewditu forces were not
openly supported...
- "Queen of Kings", or "Queen of Queens", or "female
ruler of an empire."
Zewditu (reigned 1917–1930) was the only
woman to be
crowned in
Ethiopia in her...
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supporters of
Empress Zewditu to rid her of the
Crown Prince and heir apparent,
Negus Tafari Makonnen. With
Tafari gone,
Zewditu would be the sole claimant...
- Christened.
Araya was
nominated Crown Prince.
Araya was the
first husband of
Zewditu (later Empress), the
daughter of atse
Menelik II,
having married her in...
