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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. She was officially...
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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...
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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...
- 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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husband of
Zewditu and
leader of the pro-
Zewditu faction, fifty-three-year-old Ras
Gugsa Welle,
imagined a ****ure
where Zewditu remained Empress...
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power as the
Regent Plenipotentiary of
Ethiopia (Enderase)
under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930.
Widely considered to be a
defining figure in modern...
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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...
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supporters of
Empress Zewditu to rid her of the heir
apparent and
Crown Prince, Ras
Tafari Makonnen. With
Tafari gone,
Zewditu would be the sole ruler...
- "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...
