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...
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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...
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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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The husband of Zewditu and leader of the pro-Zewditu faction, fifty-three-year-old Ras Gugsa Welle, imagined a future where Zewditu remained Empress...
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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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to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916 until 1930. Haile Selassie is widely considered a defining figure...
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"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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contributed to the growth of non-governmental education. In 1929, Empress Zewditu issued a proclamation that wanted to reverse traditional education. It...
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