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Zewditu ዘውዲቱ
Negesta Nagastat
Empress of Ethiopia
Reign
27 September 1916 – 2 April 1930
Coronation
11 February 1917
Predecessor
Lij Iyasu
Successor
Haile Selassie I
Regent
Ras Tafari Makonnen
Born
Askala Maryam (1876-04-29)29 April 1876 Werrehimenu, Wollo, Ethiopian Empire
Died
2 April 1930(1930-04-02) (aged 53) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Zewditu (Ge'ez: ዘውዲቱ,[1] born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 until her death in 1930. The first female head of an internationally recognized country in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the first and only empress regnant of the Ethiopian Empire, her reign was noted for the reforms of her Regent and designated heir Ras Tafari Makonnen (who succeeded her as Emperor Haile Selassie I), about which she was at best ambivalent and often stridently opposed, due to her staunch conservatism and strong religious devotion. She is the most recent empress regnant, as well as the last female Ethiopian head of state until the 2018 election of Sahle-Work Zewde as president.
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...
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...
to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916 until 1930. Haile Selassie is widely considered a defining figure...
"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...
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...
Empress (Nigiste Negest) Zewditu or King (Negus) Tafari Makonnen. The Battle of Anchem is memorable because the pro-Zewditu forces were not openly supported...
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...
supporters to join the Trust's membership. The group's directors include Zewditu Gebreyohanes, appointed by Boris Johnson as a trustee of the Victoria and...
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...
between the supporters of Empress regent Zewditu and Lij Iyasu on 27 October 1916, and resulted in victory for Zewditu. Paul B. Henze states that "Segale was...
Sheba and King Solomon of Jerusalem". Menelik II, and later his daughter Zewditu I, would be the last Ethiopian monarchs who could claim uninterrupted direct...
contributed to the growth of non-governmental education. In 1929, Empress Zewditu issued a proclamation that wanted to reverse traditional education. It...
the final tomb of Menelik's wife Empress Taitu and his successor Empress Zewditu. The mausoleum is found in within the church of Kidist Maryam next to the...
mausoleum for Emperor Menelik II, his wife Empress Taitu, and Empress Zewditu, his daughter and eventual successor. Other churches within the grounds...
and Mikael's sister-in-law, Woizero Zewditu, was pronounced Negiste Negest ("Queen of Kings") Zewditu I. Zewditu was another of Menelik's daughters, and...
instituted as a ladies' order in 1922 in the Ethiopian Empire by Empress Zewditu and would later become the diplomatic symbol of a holy pact.[clarification...
(Inderase) for the Empress Regnant Zewditu, and became the de facto ruler of the Ethiopian Empire. Following Zewditu's death, on 2 November 1930, he succeeded...
daughter, Zewditu, was made empress. Her cousin, Ras Tafari Makonnen, was made regent and successor to the throne. Upon the death of Empress Zewditu in 1930...
advocate Africa portal Oromia Region Large Cities Climate Leadership Group Zewditu Hospital ALERT (medical facility) Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne...
of Kings". In the Ethiopian Empire, the title as an empress-regnant of Zewditu was Nəgəstä Nägäst ("Queen of Kings"). This title is different from Nəgusä...
Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The statue was erected by Empress Zewditu in 1930 in coincidence of coronation of Ras Tafari, later reigned as Emperor...
Council of Ministers and as Minister of War during the reigns of Menelik II, Zewditu and Haile Selassie. He was also Shum or Governor of Borena, Ibat, and Mecha...
"king." The consort of the emperor was referred to as the ətege. Empress Zewditu used the feminized form nəgəstä nägäst ("Queen of Kings") to show that...
deposition of Lij Iyasu, he was again made minister of Finance under Empress Zewditu. From 1916 to 1917, he was Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs. While...
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