Zewditu I

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Empress of Ethiopia Ethiopian royal female ruler monarch

Zewditu I was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930, noted as the country's first female monarch in modern times and a deeply conservative, religious ruler during a period of political transition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zewditu I canonical 4
Empress of Ethiopia 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Empress of Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopian royal ⓘ
female ruler ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Judith ⓘ
Zauditu ⓘ
birthDate 1876-04-29 ⓘ
birthName Askala Maryam ⓘ
birthPlace Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Addis Ababa ⓘ
coronationDate 1917-02-11 ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
deathCause illness ⓘ
deathDate 1930-04-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Addis Ababa ⓘ
dynasty Solomonic dynasty ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
father Menelik II ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
governedDuring period of political transition in Ethiopia ⓘ
house House of Solomon ⓘ
language Amharic ⓘ
monarchNumber first modern female monarch of Ethiopia ⓘ
mother Woyzero Abebech ⓘ
notableFor conservative rule ⓘ
first female monarch of Ethiopia in modern times ⓘ
strong religious devotion ⓘ
politicalOrientation conservative ⓘ
positionHeld Zewditu I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Empress of Ethiopia
predecessor Iyasu V ⓘ
regent Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Haile Selassie I ⓘ
surface form: Ras Tafari Makonnen
reignEnd 1930 ⓘ
reignStart 1916 ⓘ
relative Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Menelik II ⓘ
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
spouse Yohannes IV ⓘ
surface form: Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes

Ras Gugsa Welle ⓘ
style Negiste Negest ⓘ
Queen of Kings ⓘ
successor Haile Selassie I ⓘ
supportedBy Ethiopian Orthodox clergy ⓘ
title Empress Regnant of Ethiopia ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haile Selassie I → predecessor → Zewditu I ⓘ
Menelik II → successor → Zewditu I ⓘ
Zewditu I → positionHeld → Zewditu I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empress of Ethiopia
Solomonic dynasty → hasRuler → Zewditu I ⓘ
Menan Asfaw → notableRelative → Zewditu I ⓘ
subject surface form: Menen Asfaw