Empress Zewditu Menelik

Empress Zewditu Menelik
Birthdate:	April 29, 1876
Death:	April 02, 1930 (53)
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Emperor Menelik, II and Woizero Abechi Wife of Gugsa Welle Ex-partner of Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes Half sister of Kinfe-Michael; Gebre; Woizero Shewareged Menelik and Abeto Asfaw Wossen Menelik

Managed by:	Helen Gulbet
Last Updated:	October 2, 2019

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Immediate Family

Gugsa Welle

husband
Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes

ex-partner
Emperor Menelik, II

father
Woizero Abechi

mother
Ras Gugsa Araya Selassie

ex-partner's son
Tewabech

father's partner
Kinfe-Michael

half brother
Gebre

half brother
Woizero Alitash Tewedros

father's ex-wife
Woizero Unknown

father's ex-partner
Woizero Shewareged Menelik

half sister
Woizero Unknown

father's ex-partner

About Empress Zewditu Menelik

Zewditu (ዘውዲቱ;Zäwditu) born as Askala Maryam was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930. The first female head of an internationally recognized country in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the first 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 was also the most recent empress regnant in world history.

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Empress Zewditu Menelik's Timeline

1876	April 29, 1876	Birth of Empress Zewditu Menelik
1930	April 2, 1930 Age 53	Death of Empress Zewditu Menelik

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