Taytu Betul
Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 the 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]
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Taytu Betul ጣይቱ ብጡል | |
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Empress of Ethiopia | |
Tenure | 10 May 1889 – 12 December 1913 |
Coronation | 4 November 1889 |
Queen consort of Shewa | |
Tenure | 1883 – 9 March 1889 |
Born | 1851 (1851) Semien, North Gondar, Ethiopian Empire |
Died | 11 February 1918(1918-02-11) (aged 66–67) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire |
Burial | Ba'eta le-Mariam Monastery |
Spouse | Menelik II |
Father | Betul Haile Maryam |
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