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Taytu Betul
ጣይቱ ብጡል
Itege
Empress of Ethiopia
Tenure10 May 1889 – 12 December 1913
Coronation4 November 1889
Queen consort of Shewa
Tenure1883 – 9 March 1889
Born1851 (1851)
Semien, North Gondar, Ethiopian Empire
Died11 February 1918(1918-02-11) (aged 66–67)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Burial
Ba'eta le-Mariam Monastery
SpouseMenelik II
FatherBetul Haile Maryam

Taytu Betul (Amharic: ጣይቱ ብጡል Ṭaytu Bəṭul ; baptised as Wälättä Mikael; 1851 – 11 February 1918) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 and the third wife of Emperor Menelik II. An influential figure in anti-colonial resistance during the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, she, along with her husband, founded the modern Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1886.[1]

  1. ^ "Taytu Betul: Ethiopia's strategic empress". amp.dw.com. Retrieved 2022-03-23.

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Menelik II

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for all intents and purposes, Taytu Betul ruled in Menelik's stead during his infirmity. Menelik II and Taytu Betul personally owned 70,000 slaves....

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Battle of Adwa

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times. The forces were divided among Emperor Menelik, Empress Taytu Betul, Ras Welle Betul, Ras Mengesha Atikem, Ras Mengesha Yohannes, Ras Alula Engida...

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Zewditu

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raised by her father and his consort Baffana. Negus Menelik later married Taytu Betul, but had no children by this wife. Menelik had three acknowledged children:...

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Gugsa Welle

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Welle Betul

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Begemder, and the younger brother of Empress Taytu Betul. Welle Betul's was the eldest son of Ras Betul Haile Maryam, the provincial governor of Semien...

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Wube Haile Maryam

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He was the father of Taytu Betul, the future empress of Ethiopia and wife of Emperor Menelik II. Wube was thus an uncle of Taytu. ● Yewub-dar Haile Maryam...

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Addis Ababa

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refers to the presence of hot springs. The site was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul. Initially, she built a house for herself near the "Filwuha" hot mineral...

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History of Addis Ababa

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the 19th century by Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II and his wife Empress Taytu Betul. In its first years the city was more like a military encampment than...

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Shewa

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capital south from Ankober to Mount Entoto in 1884. There, his wife Taytu Betul was attracted to a nearby spring known as Finfinne by the local Oromo...

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Welde Giyorgis Aboye

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Betul Haile Maryam

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(Wale, Alula, Taytu and Desta). Welle Betul was his eldest son. Alula Betul was his second eldest son. Taytu Betul was his eldest daughter. She was the...

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Semien Province

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Women in warfare and the military in the 19th century

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serving with the Canadian military in 1885, as nurses. 1 March 1896: Taytu Betul marches to the Battle of Adwa with the Ethiopian imperial army, and commands...

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Menen Asfaw

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publicly political role that her predecessor as Empress-consort, Empress Taytu Betul, had taken, which had caused deep resentment in government circles during...

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Holeta

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became the new "country retreat" for Emperor Menelik II and Empress Taytu Betul According to Richard Pankhurst, when the couple were in residence, its...

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Haile Selassie

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during the last illness of Menelik II, and the brief reign of Empress Taytu Betul, Tafari was made governor of Harar in 1910 or 1911. On 3 August 1911...

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Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles

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crowned as consorts by the emperor at the Imperial Palace. However, Taytu Betul, consort of Menelik II, became the first Itege to be crowned by the Emperor...

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Makonnen Wolde Mikael

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of Yeshimebet Ali, Makonnen was briefly married to a niece of Empress Taytu Betul, Woizero Mentewab Wale. Makonnen's marriage to Mentewab Wale was never...

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Hailu Tekle Haymanot

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and Itege Taytu Betul became the de facto power behind the throne. In 1907, Tekle Haymanot successfully used the influence of Taytu Betul to be appointed...

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Amhara people

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Project Manager of the GERD Susenyos I, Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire Taytu Betul, Teddy Afro, Ethiopian singer Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam, pioneer of...

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Gebre Tasfa

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great-granddaughter's chronicle; Empress Taytu Betul, the spouse of Emperor Menelik II. The chronicler ensures Taytu's posterity will known that she descended...

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Haile Maryam Gebre

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List of Ethiopians

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composer and singer Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman Menen Asfaw Taytu Betul Abram Petrovich Gannibal Girma Yohannis Iyasu Iyasu II Iyasu V Prince...

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Tsehaiwork Darge

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Tsehaiwork was favoured by her first cousin Emperor Menelik II and his wife Taytu Betul. She never formally married, but instead administered her vast land holdings...

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Dejazmach Zegeye

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After his release from Maqdala, Ras Welle Betul, who was the brother of Menelik's wife Empress Taytu Betul, went to Shewa to visit Menelik II whom he...

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Alaqa Taye Gabra Mariam

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place Taye in prison may have been influenced by the fact that Empress Taytu Betul was administrating the empire during the illness of her husband and she...

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